i had a ride from hell on a dolmus last night .. so bad i have wrote to Alo.179 to complain about the ride ... the letter is below...
Dear sir or madam,
I write to complain about a dolmus ride i had on the evening of 15th July 2011.
I boarded the dolmus in Ovacik near to Monte Verdi Hotel .. the dolmus was full so standing room only, i counted at one point 34 people on the dolmus including myself but not including the driver. .. is this legal to have so many people riding on the dolmus.?
At the entrance of the dolmus was a "child" taking the fair, supposedly 1.90 tl, i gave him 2 tl and got no change back of him .. i noticed he was charging a lot of the people 2 tl per head when as i said it is supposed to be 1.90 tl for the journey, Is this legal to "over charge" like this .. a nice little earner this is. ! ..??
While we were on the dolmus the driver was driving " erratically", very fast and breaking very hard so making people standing " push and shove" each other ... not a pleasant experience ... is this legal to drive like this .. reckless.?
The driver, at one point, was driving while on his mobile phone, the conversation was heated as at times he was "shouting" down the phone .. is this legal to drive and talk on the mobile phone. ?
When we got to the top end of Hisaronu the "child, a boy of about 10 years of age, who had collected the fair" shouted " Hisaronu, last stop" ..
most people got off but i noticed 4 lads and 1 girl who were still seated, along with me, ... the child asked where these lads were going they said Oludeniz, the final stop of the journey as signed on the window of the dolmus .. the child then asked the girl, she replied Oludeniz..he asked me and i replied Robin hood Restaurant, which is the turning point for the dolmus to go to Oludeniz ... at this point there was a squealing of tyres as we set off on what can only be described as a " roller coaster " of a ride .. i felt i was having to hang on to the back of the seat in front off me for my life. ... to drive like this, is it legal.?
I was glad to get of the dolmus .. i was physically shaking .. should members of the public have to go through what i did to as above to get from one point to another .?
I did not get the name of the driver but i did take a photo of the registration number of the dolmus which is attached to this e- mail.
PLEASE can this e- mail be accepted as my letter of complaint.
Will now wait and see what reply i get.