Due to frequent incidents involving trucks, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadzhov ordered the formation of additional teams from the EA "Automobile Administration" over the holidays. The teams are in the field and are conducting on-site inspections of truck incidents and transport companies in various regions of the country.
Yesterday and today, inspectors from Sofia, together with additionally dispatched teams from Gabrovo and Lovech, are conducting a comprehensive inspection of the company whose truck crashed near a gas station in the village of Radomirtsi.
A team from EA “Automobile Administration” – Vratsa, is conducting an inspection in connection with a serious road accident involving a truck in the Byala Slatina area. From the downloaded data from the tachograph, it was established that the driver was driving at a speed of 90 km/h with a permitted speed of 50 km/h. He has been detained by the Ministry of Interior.
Following incidents involving heavy goods vehicles in the area of the village of Smolyanovtsi and the village of Verenitsa, teams from EA “Automobile Administration” – Montana, were sent to the scene and carried out a full inspection within their competence.
Another team from Blagoevgrad was dispatched to the scene of an accident in the town of Kresna, where the driver of a car died in a collision between a car and a truck.
A thematic inspection of the company DM Autoservice has also been assigned regarding a road traffic accident in the Pleven area.
The purpose of the extraordinary inspections is to analyze the causes of the incidents, to establish any non-compliance with traffic and safety rules, and to strengthen control over the technical condition of heavy goods vehicles and the work and rest regime of their drivers.