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When paying a fine in a short period of time – there should be discounts, and if the payment of the fine is delayed – the fine should be doubled. These are part of the proposed changes to the highway code proposed by the Ministry of the Interior. Some of the ideas include introducing “Zone 30” in neighborhoods of populated areas and reducing the maximum speed allowed on highways from 140 to 130 km per hour, NOVA reported.
For over 25 years Netso Nankov has been a professional racing driver. He often travels on the country’s highways and doesn’t think the speed limit should be reduced. “140 is a normal speed for a highway, where you can react if you have a problem. I’ve even restricted my bus from jacking up anymore,” he shares. However, Ivan is not of this opinion. “Some drive very fast. When you see him in the mirror, he’s gone,” says the driver.
“With the increase in the maximum permitted speed in 2012 to 140 km per hour and the increase in the length of the motorways, the number of deaths on these roads as a share of all deaths has increased from 3 to 5% to 9 to 10 %,” the deputy said on Thursday. – the chief secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Stanimir Stanev.
Street pundits disagree with the reasons. According to Yonko Ivanov, between 20 and 40 people die on the highway every year. “More dangerous than bad roads is the traffic organization, and more dangerous than high speed is the low speed of the highway,” said the expert from the Auto-Moto Training Teachers’ Union. And more arguments against. “Why do we need to reduce from 140 to 130 provided there are more traffic jams, given that most road accidents with multiple fatalities occur in cities? let’s look at the highways,” said the former traffic police chief Tencho Tenev. In order for drivers not to press the pedal more than allowed, experts suggest increasing the number of cameras on the road.
Another proposal is that bus and truck drivers should have the right to be behind the wheel with a blood alcohol level of up to 0.2 per thousand, not the way it is now – up to 0.5. The idea is that the same rule applies to young drivers, who must drive at night with an escort. Whether the changes go into effect depends on the will of the deputies and on how much life still remains in the 48th National Assembly.
