The traffic in Istanbul is ridiculous. I just got back to my dorm on a bus ride that was supposed to take one hour but we hit rush hour and football traffic which doubled our trip. If the traffic alone isn't bad enough, the style of driving in Istanbul makes it that much worse. Every time I look out the window I swear we are about to hit something whether that be another person, the median, or an oncoming vehicle. I don't know how the drivers have managed to get us safely to our destinations seeing as it's almost impossible to tell the difference between the road and the sidewalk - there always seems to be people and cars on both. And the fact that even when there is only a single one-way lane they somehow turn it into a two direction road. There must be some unwritten Istanbul driving rules but I haven't been able to identify any sort of organization yet.
This video I found is a pretty accurate depiction.
But add more cars.
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