A female driver from the province of Trabzon, on the Black Sea coast of Türkiye, has been handed what the authorities describe as the largest traffic fine in Turkey’s history, with the total penalty amounting to over 1.2 million Turkish liras (€22,615) following a series of serious offences.
According to reports in the Turkish media this week, the incident took place during a routine check carried out by the traffic police in the district of Of, on the eastern coast of Trabzon. Apparently, the driver, who repeatedly broke several traffic regulations, attempted to flee after allegedly ignoring the officers’ orders to stop her vehicle.
Following a brief chase, police officers managed to intercept the woman shortly afterwards, establishing that she had committed numerous offences and had endangered road safety and public safety. Under the new regulations approved by the Turkish parliament and which came into force earlier this year — which provide for considerably harsher penalties for offending drivers — the woman was penalised for committing the following offences:
- Driving under the influence of alcohol.
- Performing skid manoeuvres with the car.
- Using an exhaust system that produced excessive noise.
- Playing music at a high volume.
- In addition, legal proceedings have been initiated for failing to comply with a police order to stop.
The sum of all these offences brought the total traffic fine imposed on the driver to over 1.2 million Turkish liras, setting a new record as the largest fine in Turkey’s history. Under the new law – which imposes stricter penalties on offending drivers – if a driver fails to comply with a police order to ‘stop’, they will be immediately fined 200,000 Turkish liras (3,760 euros), and will also have their driving licence suspended for 60 days, as well as having their vehicle taken off the road for the same period. All these measures were applied to the woman, whose car was taken to the municipal impound lot.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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