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500 drivers lose their licences in Sofia every week - report
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About 500 drivers lose their licences every week for speeding-related offences, passing through some of the busiest junctions in Sofia, such as Orlov Most (Eagles Bridge), the Monitor reported on June 18 2010.
Sofia's busiest arteries and junctions have been mapped by the Interior Ministry, concentrating on those sections most prone to speeding or serious traffic accidents, the report said. In all, more than 20 locations have been identified and tagged as high-risk, which are to be equipped with radar surveillance equipment "once the funding is provided", according to the report, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) said.
Currently, new state-of-the-art radar surveillance equipment is being installed along Tsarigradsko Chaussee Boulevard to detect traffic offenders. The equipment detects speed and provides police with high resolution imaging of the vehicle, as well as the offence perpetrated.
Sofia's busiest arteries and junctions have been mapped by the Interior Ministry, concentrating on those sections most prone to speeding or serious traffic accidents, the report said. In all, more than 20 locations have been identified and tagged as high-risk, which are to be equipped with radar surveillance equipment "once the funding is provided", according to the report, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) said.
Currently, new state-of-the-art radar surveillance equipment is being installed along Tsarigradsko Chaussee Boulevard to detect traffic offenders. The equipment detects speed and provides police with high resolution imaging of the vehicle, as well as the offence perpetrated.
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"Notice how drivers slow down for pedestrians? First time ever I see that in BG..."
Yeah, huge improvement over just running them down without even using the brakes.
@@Valeri
if YOU are so damn smart, perhaps you should read my post first before spewing:
Valeri:
"BG has traveled a long way and has had a brave struggle against its own people's habits and mentality."
Popular mentality is a huge ship to turnaround, and it takes time, but it's happening. Notice how drivers slow down for pedestrians? First time ever I see that in BG and that's not the only "first" that is occurring, but it does take objectivity and realism to register it...
"BG is getting more and more organized"
It's not the country that's the problem, it's most of the people!
If you are so damn smart you should also see that. What is the use of having laws if nobody lives by them or get's punished for breaking them?
"And you think you will live long enough to see all this happen?"
Not every one is 80 like you...
Look, BG is getting more and more organized and lawful by the day - to deny that is either being (self) hateful or blind.
BG has traveled a long way and has had a brave struggle against its own people's habits and mentality. Usually the ones that keep saying that we'll never get better are the ones that never do get better - the problem element...
And you think you will live long enough to see all this happen? Where do you think they will park all the cars of the people without a license?
The city has already started a sort of cleaning and organizing when it comes to cars. A few years ago, some sidewalks were synonyms of parking lots; today things are slowly coming into place. Like in every aspect, Sofia needs time to change, but it will eventually (see: metro station). As unbelievable as it may sound, even bribes will stop being a common practice...we hope.
RE : just
You cannot buy a licence even if the police officers are corrupt, but nowdays the govermnent has imposed some security mesures, such as cameras posted at key-places in the city,and collect fines, and in this way, they avoid serious traffic accidents.
RE : just
You cannot buy a licence even if the police officers are corrupt, but nowdays the govermnent has imposed some security mesures, such as cameras posted at key-places in the city,and collect fines, and in this way, they avoid serious traffic accidents.
Lol I can imagine if the headline was "less Bulgarians lose their licenses" , how negative the response would've been.
It's amazing how cynical and negative the average bulgarian is and we actually infect some of our foreign residents too...
Why so cynical? at least they have taken traffic control out of the hands of humans - I have yet to see a camera taking a bribe
They will probably just buy a license for the time they don't have the original. I almost started hoping the streets were going to be safer in the near future. 500 cars a week, 26000 a year would be nice if they kept doing it next 5 years. Maybe by then pedestrians can walk on the sidewalks again.
Will some one be telling these drivers that it means they can't drive for the period of suspension. I can't see many of them taking any notice.
When did they start doing this? Not for a long time i guess or Sofian streets would be a lot safer, cleaner and more quiet as they are today. Good thing for the future if this is supposed to be the truth!!