Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Other Local Resorts & Areas => Ovacik Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Scunner on September 18, 2014, 12:55:41 PM
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Taxi overtaking (and too fast) hit British tourists on quad bike today - witnesses report that tourists were wearing crash helmets but they flew off on impact and there are some pretty severe looking head injuries.
Sad news.
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Bloody taxi drivers always driving too fast. I hope the holiday makers are ok. Helmets shouldn't fly off if they are strapped on properly.
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I've lost count of the number of times i've seen taxi's overtaking vehicles that are already overtaking on the
Ovacik road and the hills down to Fethiye. Absolute nutters. Best wishes to the injured.
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Where in ovacik did this happen please?
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What a horrible accident hope the riders recover from their injuries.
Those bloody taxi drivers are mad cannot believe the amount of times I have come down the hill in to Fethiye and they overtake me on the bends with the double white lines only to find them sitting at the lights at the very bottom >:( >:(
In all the years I have been coming to Turkey I used a taxi once and that enough for me, too dangerous drives >:(
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Got a taxi tonight in Ovacik. Driver reckoned the tourists had been drinking. Said one woman had broken legs and the man had whatever injury,s pointing to his head and ear. Also said taxi driver was in shock.
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That's the thing with bloody tourists, riding quadbikes on the correct side of the road. I don't know the details but I can say my experience is that whenever there is an accident that involves a local and a tourist, it is pretty usual for the rumour to be put about that the tourist was drinking/drunk.
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Hope they are ok.terrible news,
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Wıll theır travel insurance cover them or ıs thıs classed as a dangerous sport.
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Judging by the time of the first post (Scunner's) about this, this must have happened in the morning, I very much doubt anyone would be drinking that early? Especially when everyone is aware that those quads can be very dangerous, as are a lot of drivers on those roads. I do hope they are not too bad and make a good recovery. :-\
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Wıll theır travel insurance cover them or ıs thıs classed as a dangerous sport.
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Travel Insurance will not cover them. I doubt that extreme sports insurance would even cover them, as they may not have been wearing proper helmets.
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Ahh well we can only report what was said ;)
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Tourists had not been drinking! I spoke with them five minutes before the accident (which happened around 11 am).
Taxi was driven by son of the owner and happens to be the same guy who beat the English woman and pizza delivery guy last week. Driver fled the scene.
To drive a quad bike you need a motorbike license. If driver has one, there should not be any problems with insurance.
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That's good good to know Dutchie, might stop rumours flying about, but. Only' Might.
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The accident happened at the crossroads by the "Meeting Place" cafe. The taxi driver did flee the scene, but the accident was captured on CCTV. We were staying closeby at the Seyir Village Hotel. My son is a very experienced first-aider and attended the casualties along with a British nurse, until the ambulance arrived, and he would be interested to hear news of the casualties. The taxi was traveling at high speed from the direction of Fethiye, and overtaking a van when it struck the bike; it then ploughed into the front of a hire car which was parked outside a villa.
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Thanks for the update Melbert - and how fortunate your son was around to help. Hopefully we'll be able to get an update on how these guys are. It sounds terrible but perhaps also that it could have been far, far worse.
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When we were last in Fetiya arriving from Alanya by Bus ( car left in Alanya ) we haven't any idea of the location of our Hotel so we used a Taxi as you do . NEVER have I ever have we experienced anything like the IDIOT who have the nerve to call himself a driver . The 10 minutes we were in that fool hands seemed like a life time . Not only did he put our lives , his life , but so many others that had the misfortune to be on the road at the same time as him . Only yesterday this subject came up about this so called Taxi Driver at least he would have cried and said how sorry he was had he have caused an accident . A few months ago whilst driving here Alanya we found ourselves face to face with another car , I might add he wanted to take a short cut on our side of the road . When he was asked what the Bloody Hell he was doing ? Now wait for it !!!!! He told us Youn Europeans DONT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE . But I do I have read the Book . So we have decided now ever time that some fool does something that we think is beyond stupid .We remind ourselves that we haven't read the book . Just a thought .
Travel Insurance will not cover them. I doubt that extreme sports insurance would even cover them, as they may not have been wearing proper helmets.
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The couple is doing (relatively) okay.
I don't want to go into full medical details but the man has been discharged today. The woman needs orthopedic surgery but chooses to have that done in the UK and will be transported back tomorrow most likely.
Even though the taxi was speeding, the quadbike driver was also at fault because they had not stopped completely. There is a stop sign on the crossing but they just slowed down and then crossing. They assumed that the slow driving tractor was letting them cross and unfortunately they did not see the fast taxi behind/next to the tractor.
Ironically the quadbike more or less saved them because the impact of the crash was on the wheels and the couple went flying. If they had been on a scooter or something, it could have been a lot worse.
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Thanks, Dutchie, for the feedback; good news indeed. I've already passed it on to my son.
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Ahh well we can only report what was said ;)
With respect it is reporting what other people say that causes many of the problems over there.
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I absolutely agree Scunner.
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Wıll theır travel insurance cover them or ıs thıs classed as a dangerous sport.
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Travel Insurance will not cover them. I doubt that extreme sports insurance would even cover them, as they may not have been wearing proper helmets.
If Turkey is the same as the UK in regards to wearing helmets on a quad bike there is no requirement to wear a helmet
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The point isn't about vehicle insurance rules, it's about holiday insurance rules. The fact is everyday holiday insurance generally excludes accidents caused during quad biking as a dangerous sport/pastime. They will rarely pay out anything at all - in fact almost never.
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Extreme Sports Insurance is required for Quad Biking, Paragliding, Horse Riding, Jeep Safari etc.,when on holiday, so you have to take this insurance out as an extra with you normal Travel Insurance. These sports are classed as dangerous so, the normal travel insurance will not cover them. Even if Extreme Sports Insurance is taken out there is lots of small print and we all know that Insurance Companies often do not pay out because of the small print.