While the state orders icons to deal with the war on the roads, an 18-year-old student from Sofia created an interactive map with all dangerous road sections and accidents in the country. 18-year-old Martin Atanasov from 127 Sofia School "Ivan Nikolaevich Denkoglu" says that he was provoked by the tragic death of 12-year-old Siyana in March this year. He doesn't know anything about programming, it's not "his thing", but he decides and does it. He learns. In simple words - a smart, ambitious, skillful and determined Bulgarian did in a month and a half what the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the RIA, the State Agency "Safe Traffic on the Roads" have not been able to do for so many years. Why can't they... Because they are on a salary. When you're on a salary, you don't think. You wait for the month to pass. But it's because of people like Martin that Bulgaria will be like that. It will be like that despite the politicians who try to tell us that everything they do is in the name of the people, of the nation, of …. crap, crap.
What it turns out
Martin requested information under the Access to Public Information Act from the Ministry of Interior, and they gave it to him. Where and how many accidents they registered. He also wrote to the RIA, and Martin received a response from there that this “… is a lot of work“. No comment. There was so much work at the RIA that this was even “a lot of work“. And that's why, says Martin, the map is not complete, because he requested information about which section was last repaired when. “It's a lot of work““There is no information.
"I was refused by the RIA, despite their obligation under the law. But because I am a “fan“ of the law, I waited three days until I reached adulthood, and without a lawyer or a diploma I wrote the complaint and now I am appealing the refusal of the RIA to the ASSC. And I continued on“, says Martin.
What is the attitude of the State Agency “Safe Traffic on the Roads“ to this card… Probably none at the moment. But it is good to remember that the State Agency “Safe Traffic on the Roads“ have two cars worth about 3 million leva, which should be used to inspect the road, but they have not yet been put into operation because they do not have the necessary insurance. Paid, delivered, but not used…
And so the self-taught Martin did the work of the Ministry of Interior, RIA and the State Agency “Safe Traffic on the Roads“. How and no one in these state ministries and agencies thought of making such a map. How come no one thought of it. But thinking is one thing, doing it is quite another. Does the characteristic, on the basis of which salaries are taken in these state structures, also require thinking…
A boy, a lot of motivation, enough desire, persistence and will, created a very useful map.
Martin is only 18 years old, but he knows that he wants, he knows that he can. That is why Bulgaria will survive in spite of politicians. Because there are knowledgeable, capable, ambitious and responsible people who, when they want something, do it. You can't stop them, you can't break them, you can't hinder them, you can't crush them through the courts and the prosecutor's office, because they know what they want. The Bulgarian is like that by nature - knowing and capable, successful, somehow sometimes self-sufficient, but also able to work in a team. the same can be said about our politicians…