03.11.2026 08:20
In Istanbul’s Ümraniye district, after another vehicle emerging from a side street hit his car, the driver slapped a young man on a scooter, thinking the young man had caused the accident. Acting on the footage, police teams caught the 25-year-old driver and imposed an administrative fine of 180,000 lira. The driver’s license was suspended for 60 days, and his vehicle was banned from traffic for 60 days. Legal proceedings were also initiated against him.
In an incident that occurred in the Ümraniye district of Istanbul, another vehicle emerging from a side street hit a car. After the accident, the car driver thought that the person who hit his vehicle was the young man waiting on a scooter at that time.
The driver got out of his vehicle, approached the young man on the scooter, who had nothing to do with the accident, and slapped him. After footage of the incident was shared, police teams launched an investigation.
POLICE TEAMS CAUGHT THE DRIVER
Teams from the Ümraniye District Police Department, in their examination of the footage, identified the person who attacked the scooter user as İ.T. (25). It was determined that the driver got out of his vehicle and attacked the young man, endangering traffic safety. As a result of the police teams' work, İ.T. was caught.
A FINE OF 180 THOUSAND LIRA WAS IMPOSED
The caught driver was issued an administrative fine of 180 thousand lira under the article of the Highway Traffic Law "persistently following another vehicle for the purpose of assault in traffic or getting out of the vehicle for this purpose."
HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SEIZED, AND HIS VEHICLE WAS BANNED FROM TRAFFIC
İ.T.'s driver's license was seized for 60 days, and his vehicle was banned from traffic for 60 days. Judicial proceedings were also initiated against the driver on the charge of "endangering traffic safety."