Traffic law

Bulgarian road carriers have backtracked on their threat to block Sofia's exits after the authorities agreed to relax a planned expansion of restrictions on traffic.

Bulgaria's Interior Ministry will spend over BGN 53 M, VAT included, on traffic surveillance.

Some BGN 39.5 M of the total will be spent on buying fixed road safety cameras and building a unified center for processing traffic violations in Sofia, according to reports of Pressa daily.

Death toll on Bulgarian roads is growing again, after a 4-5-year period of drastic decline, according to Aleksi Stratiev, former head of the Traffic Police.

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of fatal traffic accidents in 2014, compared to the death rates in 2012, Stratiev told Nova TV.

BELGRADE - Minimum control procedures are being implemented at border crossings in Serbia so as to minimise delays and ensure accelerated pace for vehicles traffic, members of the border police told Tanjug.

During the weekend security police will take extra measures for improving road safety on the major roads and highways across Bulgaria, said the Interior Ministry. 

The reason is the expected increase in traffic between the Kalotina – Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoints and along the Ruse-Sofia-Kulata roads. 

Killer drivers to be stopped

After horrific accident in Novi Sad in which three students got killed and brutal accident in which a girl from Nis lost her life, it is necessary to urgently adopt new more severe sentences against hooligans in traffic.

As of Thursday, drivers who have had their permits or license plates confiscated by police for minor offenses can reclaim them so they can vote in the upcoming local and European elections.

This does not apply to drivers who have committed serious offenses such as driving under the influence of alcohol, breaking the speed limit or running a red light.

Experts are considering the lowering of the maximum speed on highways from 140 km/h to 130 km/h, as it was until recently.

At the double highway pile up on Trakia highway on Monday, most of the cars were driving at 140 km/h. The high speed, combined with the thick fog in the area caused the crash of 21 cars. Two people were killed and 15 were injured.

New system of sanctioning for violation of traffic regulations as of March 1

Drunk and arrogant drivers caught by the police while violating traffic regulations, shall be immediately taken to a judge and sanctioned.