The topic of road safety continues to flood us with madness, including new restrictions in the Road Traffic Act. After all, this is the job of the deputies - to change laws, increase fines, reduce speed, because “… all this is in the name of the people“. For their safety. And while the deputies are changing laws, employees of the Sofia Municipality from the “small transport commission“ on “Budapest“ Street have submitted a project to change the traffic to the Traffic Police right in the triangle of power - – Blvd. “Knyaz Dondukov“, Sq. “Nezavisimost“ and Blvd. “Knyaz Alexander the First”. In other words, right between the Presidency, the Council of Ministers and the new Parliament building.
The new direction of traffic is shown in blue, the white lines are the new markings, which are no longer visible, and the red lines are the old markings (note: the lead photo of the article is the same as this one, so you can judge how worn out the new markings are and whether they differ in any way from the old ones)
With the said reorganization of traffic, a new lane is created for travelers on Blvd. „Dondukov“, and ONE LANE is left for those traveling in the direction of „Dondukov“ Blvd., who make a left turn in front of the Council of Ministers.
The new direction of travel is shown in blue
The marking was placed a week ago and represents a double continuous line in the direction of Blvd. “Dondukov“, BUT YOU CANNOT SEE ANYTHING FROM THE WHITE LINE ANYMORE, because it is as worn out as the old marking.
And so drivers, out of habit, when moving in the direction of “Dondukov“ Blvd., change lanes at the traffic light, but in reality - according to the new marking, WHICH IS NOT VISIBLE BECAUSE IT WILL BE RUINED IN A WEEK, they enter the oncoming traffic. And car-to-car collisions occur quite regularly in this small section.
The new direction of travel is shown in blue, and the marking circled in red is still there, showing the old direction of travel
And all this is right in front of the eyes of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, from whom we heard 36 measures to deal with accidents on our roads and how the topic is a priority for the government.
Another question is what this marking is, WHICH IS RIPPED OFF IN A WEEK AND IS INDISPENSABLE FROM THE OLD ONE, but this is a small detail within the competence of the Sofia Municipality.
The new direction of traffic is shown in blue
The new direction of traffic is shown in blue
In 33 seconds, as seen in the video, 5 cars entered the oncoming traffic - out of habit, of course. Although there is a new marking, which is worn out.
Hopefully there will be a reaction before…
Because this is the carelessness - related to markings, which can kill us on the road - in front of the Prime Minister!