FOREIGNERS COMMITTING ROAD VIOLATIONS IN BULGARIA TO BE FINED

09:00 Thu 22 Mar 2007

A joint agreement for all EU member states on mutual recognition of fines for driving violations will be enforced on March 22 2007.

Bulgaria’s traffic police will be allowed to send orders to other EU countries to impose fines amounting to more than 70 euros, mediapool.bg reported.

Foreign institutions could do the same when Bulgarian citizens violate regulations abroad.

Bulgaria would have problems collecting the fines as the country had shown ‘total incapability’ to collect fines even on its own territory, mediapool.bg said.

Interior Minister Roumen Petkov said that foreigners managed to escape fines in Bulgaria because traffic police was unable to impose sanctions.

A computer system sending information from traffic police to the border checkpoints was needed, he said. Such system will enable customs officers stop violators at the border.

Comments

Comments by kingston - 10:29 22 Mar 2007
	And the traffic police themselves are guilty of so many violations. So let's start with the physician heal they self and fine these people to start with. Eg, yesterday - Traffic police car parked on the pavement in Gladston so pedestrians cannot walk - where is the respect for the rules. Ul Srebrna, last week, traffic polic car in the lan to go right only, but goes straightr ahead and cutting up people who are in the correct lane. Get a life people.