Road safety
Lines of trucks and long waiting hours at main Western border crossing points
Large lines of trucks formed, on Tuesday morning, at the main crossing points on the border with Hungary, on the way out of Romania, due to the restrictions applied to heavy traffic until Monday evening, so that drivers are forced to wait between 80 and 420 minutes to reach border control.
Bulgaria: Road Police Launches New 3-Day Traffic Safety Operation
From today until 7 March, a special operation of road police is underway throughout the country, announced Chief Inspector Nikolay Krusharski from the Traffic Police Department, GDNP.
Bulgarian Road Police Launches 5-Day Operation “Resorts”
As of today and until 23 February, a new specialized police operation is underway to ensure compliance with road traffic rules, with a different focus in different regions of the country. This was announced by Chief Inspector Lachezar Bliznakov from the Traffic Police Department with the National Police General Directorate.
‘Speed, safety cannot coexist,’ say transport experts
Road deaths have been on the decline over the last decade but experts insist there is still "a long way to go" for Greek drivers in terms of safety.
The latest official figures for 2010-19 show deaths fell by 45%, while road accidents dropped by 29%. The annual number of road deaths was reduced to 694 in 2019 from 1,258 in 2010.
Traffic in Chaos across Bulgaria Following Heavy Rains and Snowfall
The situation on the roads across the country remains complicated due to heavy rains and snowfalls. There are currently no reports of serious road incidents.
Petrohan Pass continues to be closed due to fallen branches and snow. Teams of various services are working on the site.
Nearly 2,200 people killed in road accidents in 2020
Nearly 2,200 people were killed and more than 228,000 others were injured in road accidents in 2020, declining from the previous year as vehicle and human mobility dropped due to COVID-19 related measures.
According to data from the traffic department of the General Directorate of Security, a total of 2,197 people lost their lives while 228,565 were injured in 365,000 road accidents.
Bulgaria: Road Police Warns Drivers Be Careful, Cold Spell Coming Within Days
Due to the expected cold spell in the coming days, the Road Police warns the car drivers to be careful, BNR reported.
Interior Ministry teams will watch out for breaches and cautions drivers that traffic may be difficult on some roads.
The road policing officers explained that drivers need to be careful tonight because sharp weather change is expected.
Bulgaria: Biggest Traffic after the Holidays is Expected Today
The most serious traffic during the holidays and weekends for Christmas and New Year is expected today.
The situation is complicated by expectations of rainfall in almost the entire country and the lack of the options to stop the movement of trucks.
Government proposes much lower fines for speeding
Ljubljana – The government adopted changes to the road traffic rules act that significantly lower fines for speeding, which according to Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec will be comparable at the EU level. The minister believes more effort should be invested in prevention and control.
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Artificial intelligence to direct traffic in Istanbul
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is working on an artificial intelligence (AI) project to ease the city's notorious traffic jams, daily Milliyet has reported.