Stricter measures and rules for new and inexperienced drivers, as well as for professional drivers who carry passengers, were adopted by the deputies at first reading in committee.
Thus, if they are caught with alcohol in their blood over 0.2 per mille, they face an administrative penalty.
Currently, the penalty is imposed for over 0.5 per mille.
The penalties for those caught with over 1.2 per mille of alcohol in their blood remain unchanged - imprisonment for up to 3 years and a fine of up to 1,000 leva, BTV reports.
We agreed to provide for a penalty to be applied to the fines interest from the date of service. Many penalty orders, acts and tickets are issued, but a driver who does not pay them should receive an additional penalty, said the chairman of the temporary parliamentary committee on road safety issues, Andrey Runchev, after a meeting of the committee.
Runchev added that the committee has decided that the cars of owners who have unpaid penalty orders and tickets should not be allowed to undergo a technical inspection. The commission adopted an approximate deadline for this to be next summer.
The commission members planned to hold another meeting to finalize and consider the many proposals and ideas for legislative amendments and policy development in the field.
Runchev said that by the end of the month the commission must complete its work and vote on a report, and subsequently, if it is judged that some of the proposals for legislative amendments to various laws are good, they will be submitted for consideration to the relevant committees.
We recall that on February 21, the parliament established an Temporary Committee on Road Safety Problems due to the high number of accidents and deaths in road accidents in the country. During the meetings of the commission, which was established to work within three months, a number of experts, representatives of institutions and others were heard.