Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced on Thursday plan to increase speed border on On motorways from 120 km/h to 140 km/h (75 mph to 87 mph), starting at on 1 July.
The minister king announced plans for increase the limits back in 2019, although it added It will depend on The success to reduce the number of Traffic Accidents.
speak in a live TV interview at TGRT Haber of Turkey, Soylu said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to plans And they had also discuss them with Ministry of Transportation who supervises the operation of Highways. “inner minister authorized to increase speed Up to 20%. We discussed it with Ministry of They said transport us that new speed Standards were appropriate for Some highways,” he said.
Soylu said they would test The new decision on North Marmara Highway, a main road network in The northwest of the country runs through Istanbul and Kocaeli. he is added Motorists can drive up to 154 kilometers per hour, “the limit that costs them administrative fines”, but added that they should not speed That much.
The minister Note that along with North Marmara Highway, the highways linking Istanbul to Izmir and the capital, Ankara, to the Central Province of Niğde was “appropriate” for new speed border.
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced on Thursday plan to increase speed border on On motorways from 120 km/h to 140 km/h (75 mph to 87 mph), starting at on 1 July.
The minister king announced plans for increase the limits back in 2019, although it added It will depend on The success to reduce the number of Traffic Accidents.
speak in a live TV interview at TGRT Haber of Turkey, Soylu said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to plans And they had also discuss them with Ministry of Transportation who supervises the operation of Highways. “inner minister authorized to increase speed Up to 20%. We discussed it with Ministry of They said transport us that new speed Standards were appropriate for Some highways,” he said.
Soylu said they would test The new decision on North Marmara Highway, a main road network in The northwest of the country runs through Istanbul and Kocaeli. he is added Motorists can drive up to 154 kilometers per hour, “the limit that costs them administrative fines”, but added that they should not speed That much.
The minister Note that along with North Marmara Highway, the highways linking Istanbul to Izmir and the capital, Ankara, to the Central Province of Niğde was “appropriate” for new speed border.