New Driving Licence tests

[ytokgoz]

according to todays newspaper
the rules for getting a drivers licence in turkey is going to be like in uk or eu, which means you have to drive a car for 45 min in traffic not on the way to uzumlu  
i know how difficult it is as i got my uk driving licence ...i believe and hope it would stop many accients

[cenk]

To stop the accidents, brains of our drivers must change, not only the system of getting licence  

[sunnyd]

well education in the 'rules of the road' would be a great start, as well as teaching kids the green cross code!!

[karaokemark]

Just enforcing the laws what are already in place would be a great help>
Mark

[Scunner]

I don't actually think the driving is as dangerous as many other countries - ok it's not great but there's only about half a dozen ludicrous manoeuvres to keep alert for (my favourite being the overtaking of someone who is turning left off a main road on the side they are turning to). If you know those, it's actually ok - if you want to drive at 5 km/h nobody cares, they just go round you. In the UK they'd be ready to kill you.

What I really wish for driving in Turkey is that car condition was better monitored and for seatbelt use to be seen as normal. Rusty old cars from days of far poorer integrated safety, and not wearing seatbelts are the reasons that so many collisions there - even relatively tame ones - result in deaths.

[starman™]

The best way forward is to get all those that have had a license for over 5 years and make them do an actual driving test. Why, most of those that got their license in the 90s are before actually got their license from the local kebab man or by giving an under table amount of cash.
Come to Istanbul and see some really idiotic driving that will turn you mad.

[davybill]

well they put indicaters on cars,and scooters,but i dont think the turks like using them.

[lance]

Get the police to start learning them then they can pass it on ,at the moment the police are a joke about as useful as a chocolate teapot .