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WEIGHT AND SIZE CONTROL STATIONS • 4 traffic management centers,
• 22 tunnel control centers,
The duty of controlling the weights and sizes • 45 meteorological information stations,
of the vehicles has been given to the ministry with • 1633 cameras,
the change made in the Law no. 2918 with the Law • 206 variable message signs,
no. 5495, and current 21 stationary weight and • 65 approval detection systems,
size control stations have been handed over from • 24 radio system installations.
Highways General Management. Also, as a result of the works that were conducted,
in all the turnpike roads automatic fee collection
VEHICLE INSPECTION STATIONS system has been started.

After the “Regulation Regarding Establishment, By the end of 2012, Card Pass System with
Operating of Vehicle Inspection Stations and 8 million 200 thousand subscribers has been
Vehicle Inspection” that determine the rules transformed into HGS.
regarding the establishment and operating of the
inspection stations that belong to natural and In the context of the preparations of
legal persons, which will ensure more efficient and “Highway Traffic Safety 10 Year Action Plan” that
healthy technical inspection for the motorized and includes the years between 2011 and 2020, The
unmotorized vehicles that travel on the highways, Ministry of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and
has been put into force, the vehicle inspection Communications have carried out new projects.
services have been privatized. In this context;

In the first 6 months of 2012, 4 million 209 - Within the context of “Act of Responsibility in
thousand 818 vehicles have been inspected in Traffic” Project, for ensuring that both drivers and
the 196 stationary, 73 mobile and 3 Motorcycle pedestrians are more informed, conscious and
Inspection Stations, while in the first 6 months of responsible in traffic and to develop the culture
2013, 4 million 512 thousand 375 vehicles have of safety in traffic, three studies have been started
been inspected. under the three main titles as follows:
• “Safe Vehicle Act”,
SAFETY HAS BEEN ENSURED ON HIGHWAYS • “True Friends Act”
• “Responsible Citizen Act”
For the smart transportation systems to be
applied on highways, The Ministry of Transportation, With the True Friends Act, nearly 3 thousand 200
Maritime Affairs and Communications throughout teachers, 6 thousand school service bus drivers, 100
the country has completed; thousand students and 200 thousand parents in 36
provinces, 296 schools have been trained regarding
responsibility in traffic.

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