At the beginning of June, I had the opportunity to visit Turkey, cities such as Istanbul, Fetia and Bodrum. In addition to the mass of impressions of the rest itself, I was also surprised by the number of motorcycles on the streets, and in general the manner of driving the Turks.

So, a few facts about traffic, motorcyclists and traffic in Turkey:

There are a lot of bikes in Turkey! The country is warm, so there are a lot of two-wheelers on the streets.

At the beginning of June, I had the opportunity to visit Turkey, cities such as Istanbul, Fetia and Bodrum. In addition to the mass of impressions of the rest itself, I was also surprised by the number of motorcycles on the streets, and in general the manner of driving the Turks.

So, a few facts about traffic, motorcyclists and traffic in Turkey:

There are a lot of bikes in Turkey! The country is warm, so there are a lot of two-wheelers on the streets.

In Turkey, they do not drive carefully! Or rather, they ride very hard. That is, without turn signals, they walk wherever they want, pedestrians on a zebra are not allowed and in general there is lawlessness on the roads. But! There is mutual respect! That is, someone will shake in your lane – then he needs to and everyone reacts normally to it. And I didn't see any accidents there in 4 days. Although he traveled around Istanbul and other cities. That is, you have to get used to the movement.

In Turkey, mostly small-cubic motorcycles and scooters. The vast majority of bikes are up to 150 cubes. Of course, there are also chopers, less often sports. But the bulk of the bikes are small-cubic, created for movement! Few people fly there!

In Turkey, inexpensive helmets are left with the bike. That struck me a little bit. That is, the helmet is simply fastened to the steering wheel and the mot stands quietly and no one touches it. I don't know if we would have had such a helmet for 150 hryvnias or not. Expensive helmets of course are also hidden or dragged with them.

Bikers do not greet each other))) We don't have a lot of people on motos, and there are most of them on motorcycles, so of course no one raises their left hand up at the sight of an oncoming moto).

In Turkey, many people drive without a helmet or with an unbuttoned helmet. And most helmets are of the type of helmet, i.e. rather needed not for protection, but for the fact that there would be something on the head. Many people drive without a helmet at all and I often saw when they drove with a helmet not buttoned up.

P.S. Alas, I didn't get to rent a scooter. We moved around the city mainly on foot or by public transport.