TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND CAUSES

Traffic accident has been a serious issue in Turkey . Each year,many traffic accidents happen and because of these accidents many people die or injured. Traffic accident not only endangers human life but also causes traffic congestion. It brings inconvenience to people. Undoubtedly, it wastes the time of road users and also cause serious air pollution. So, the situation should be improved in order to protect the lives of road users.Firstly; we need to know what cause traffic accidents then we can take precautions to hinder traffic accidents.

A signification number of cases happen due to the fact that drivers break the traffic rules. For example, a lot of drives drive too close to the front cars. Also some drivers turn vehicles to another lane improperly. For the extreme cases, some drivers participate in car racing illegally or drink driving. Moreover, many passengers ignore the safety rule and refuse to wear seat belts. In case of accident, they can’t be protected and probably get wounded or even die. Pedestrians are also responsible for the signification number of accident cases. Many people cross a road illegally and dangerously such as crossing the road without any crossing facilities or crossing signal. They ignore the safety rules for convenience. It is probably that pedestrians suffer form injure or death in case that they break the traffic rules because the traffic in Turkey is very busy. The traffic flow is very high. Many cars are traveling on the road anytime. It is dangerous for pedestrians to cross a road without using any safety facilities. Many pedestrians are not conscious the importance of road safety and the consequences of breaking traffic rules.



Why do people ignore important traffic laws that cause devastating car accidents? This is an important question because we need to know reasons of people ignorances,so we can take the precautions.The reason is not clear,but most of the accidents happen because of people’s listening loud music ,changing clothes,eating,making up and talking on the cell phone in the car.These can cause a major traffic accident .we can add to these many countless reason like speed ,rainy weather etc… Whatever reason people break traffic laws, when such recklessness causes a car accident, innocent people can suffer.


Another reason is ignorance of traffic rules.This is the most important reason of traffic rules.Especially;passing at the red line.Because of this ignorance many pedestrians die.At this point,drivers and pedestrians need to be careful or else the resulf of this can be catastrophic for both side.Despite all these according to authorizeds most of the accidents happen because of the drivers.If we wants to give an example to this we can say that falling sleep while driving the car.This kind of accidents mostly happen at the time of Ramazan Feast and Sacrifice Feast.At these times,people make long travels to visit their familys because of these long travels they get tired and on the way they sleep while they are driving.They can have a rest but some of the drivers not doing this because of their this ignorance accidents happen and not only them but also pedestrians die.

In conclusion,ın Turkey many accidents happen so we need to be careful while diriving and we should obey the traffic rules.Moreover; we can give information about traffic rules and we can to emphasize the importance of obeying traffic laws to reduce traffic crashes, injuries and death.Another way to reduce traffic accident is to increase penalty. If drivers follow the traffic guidance strictly, the number of cases is likely to reduce. Citizens can help enforce traffic laws. Fasten your seat belts, be courteous to drivers and pedestrians and together we can reduce traffic related fatalities, injuries and property damage.