Stop Sign for 37 Bulgarian Buses after Crash-Prompted Checks

Society | June 27, 2011, Monday // 17:49
Bulgaria: Stop Sign for 37 Bulgarian Buses after Crash-Prompted Checks File photo of the Sofia central bus station. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency

Thirty-seven buses have been withdrawn from Bulgaria's fleet during massive inspections by the local transport authorities in the wake of a deadly crash earlier this month.

Since the beginning of the checks, which began on June 20 and covered 3167 buses across the country, the inspectors have issued 374 sanctions for violations.

The most common violations are flat discs, worn tires, expired driving licenses, no annual roadworthiness test, cracked windshield, broken mirrors, lack of obligatory route schedules.

The campaign covered the territory of the whole within one week - from 20 to 26 June.

The measure came after 8 people perished in a hellish crash early on Wednesday. A bus, travelling from the capital Sofia to the Black Sea city of Burgas overturned on Trakiya highway, near the second largest city of Plovdiv, killing 8 and injuring 18.

The inspections included checking each bus's documentation, technical condition and time schedule and took around 10-15 minutes.

Bulgaria's Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski has assured that in the upcoming days he will propose a debate between experts and bus companies to introduce restrictions on the age of buses which service busy lines, adding such proposal had been submitted to the Parliament months ago, but it had not been passed yet.

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