Speed limit

Traffic collisions claimed the lives of 75 people across the country during the nine-day Eid holiday that commenced on April 6, the Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced.

The Bulgarian government has proposed a significant change to the country's road traffic regulations, aiming to reduce the maximum speed limit on highways from 140 km/h to 130 km/h. Additionally, the amendment bill seeks to lower the speed limit on so-called public roads from 120 km/h to 110 km/h, according to the "Sega" newspaper.

In a sweeping move aimed at curbing reckless driving and enhancing road safety, Greece has implemented stringent measures against speeding motorists. Since March, a new law has been enforced, authorizing the impoundment of vehicles traveling at dangerously high speeds.

Police charged two men, aged 62 and 29, with reckless driving on Friday for excessive speeding along the Athens-Sounio national road.

According to police, the two drivers were identified via their own social media uploads, on which they had posted videos documenting their racing in Attica's Agia Marina area, where they reached speeds of up to 178 kilometers per hour.

The Transportation Committee of the Varna Municipal Council has voted on new rules and penalties related to electric scooters. The changes involve imposing a speed limit of 25 km/h on electric vehicles.

Starting today, drivers across Bulgaria will face increased scrutiny on the roads as the traffic police roll out new mobile cameras for monitoring traffic violations. These advanced speed control devices will be deployed across 20 regional directorates, targeting high-traffic areas and accident-prone sections of the road network.

Police on Wednesday arrested three drivers engaged in street racing at speeds exceeding 140km/h on coastal Poseidonos Avenue in Athens' southern Palaio Faliro district.

Traffic officers impounded the vehicles of the drivers, aged 19, 31 and 34, who had exceeded the speed limit by over 80km/h.

In the aftermath of a series of road accidents over the past months that claimed numerous lives and left several injured, experts have urged precautions, emphasizing the importance of regulating the deactivation of speed limiters and implementing frequent tachograph checks.

In view of the death of six people in seven road accidents over 24 hours from Thursday through to Friday, activists are calling for stiffer penalties and reduction of speed limits.

SOS Traffic Crimes, set up by relatives of traffic victims, has been pushing for a change in the legal framework, as currently road accidents are legally designated a misdemeanor or manslaughter. 

After another tragedy with a killed child on a pedestrian walkway, a protest is organized tonight, demanding justice and tighter control of violators on the road. Relatives of those killed in crashes will gather at 6:00 p.m. in front of the Ministry of Interior, a few meters from the place where a drunk driver killed 15-year-old Philip on Saturday night.