Sofia, Bulgaria: Georgi Valentinov Georgiev, chairman of the Metropolitan Municipal Council, informed through his official Facebook account that the Metropolitan Municipal Council has decided to provide 200 rapid drug tests to the Sofia Road Police.
This is one of the measures Sodfia’s Municipality is implementing under the package proposed by Georgiev to improve road safety in the city. He reported that in the first quarter of the year, 314 drivers who used narcotic substances were caught in Sofia and 370 others with alcohol.
“This is an extremely alarming trend, which we must adamantly oppose, but also take measures,” said Georgiev. It is also the main reason for numerous accidents and traffic law violations. Driving at high speeds after consuming alcohol has become a big concern to control for Sofia’s traffic Police.
That’s why Georgiev proposed the idea of providing drug test kits to the Police. It will ease the process of identifying the individual who drives after consuming drugs or alcoholic substances and ensuring the safety of others.
The Chairman of the Municipal Council is giving sincere attention to the issues related to traffic in Sofia. On May 9, he again requested the Ministry of Internal Affairs to double the Police patrol units in Sofia to halt the traffic violations in the city.
Highlighting the issue of Traffic violations in Sofia, Georgiev informed that more than 13000 traffic violations were observed on the roads in Sofia alone in April. Most of them were related to overspeeding. Sofia Traffic Police remarked that most of the cars travelled up to 148km, as the max speed is 100kph only.
Due to overspeeding, Bulgaria was considered the second EU country with the most road fatality rate after Romania for the fourth consecutive year. Georgiev wanted to keep the capital and city safe, so no one had to suffer due to someone’s carelessness on the road.
He always highlights the issue of road safety measurements in order to make the streets of Sofia safer to drive.