Due to our national holiday on March 3, a series of weekends have been formed. On the first of them, heavy traffic is expected on the main roads and highways in the country, BNT reported.
The Center for Urban Mobility increases parking prices for penalty parking lots in Sofia, FOCUS reported. For a passenger car, the price is 4 leva per hour, and for an SUV - 5 leva. The amount is charged for each started hour of the day.
Before the increase, one hour of parking for a passenger car in a penal parking lot cost 2 leva, and for an SUV - 3 leva.
There are three penal parking lots in Sofia, where cars are repatriated in violation of the Road Traffic Act and the Regulation on the Organization of Traffic in the Territory of Sofia.
Their addresses are: "Poduyane" railway station, "General Danail Nikolaev" boulevard №57, pre-station area; "Christopher Columbus" boulevard and "5030" , as well as on "691" boulevard and "Tsar Boris the Third" №128.
The snow is gradually melting, the weather is warming up, and along with this, some questions arise among drivers when to change their winter tires to summer tires and whether there will be fines if they do not do so, dariknews.bg reported.
There is no law in our country that would oblige drivers to change their winter tires to summer tires, but the Road Traffic Act states: “Vehicles moving on the road must have tires designed for winter conditions, or tires with a tread depth of not less than or equal to 4 mm during the period from November 15 to March 1“ (Art. 139, para. 1, item 4).
In this situation, after March 1, you can start replacing your winter tires with summer tires. It is recommended to change them when the outside temperatures remain above 6 degrees.
It is important to say that according to the law, instead of winter tires, during the specified period, you can also rely on tires with a tread depth of 4 mm. According to experts, the date of installation of summer tires varies depending on the outside temperatures, it is possible to switch to changing tires as well on April 1.
It would be inconvenient if you change your tires to summer tires and the road conditions become snowy again in March.
You are not subject to a fine by law enforcement if your car's tires are not changed, but driving with winter tires during the warmer months can be dangerous. Winter tires are specially designed to be used in cold temperatures and snowy weather. When driving with winter tires during the warmer months, braking distances increase, increasing fuel consumption. That is why it is important to change tires on time.
Experts point out that all-season tires are still a solution for some drivers, but you should not compromise on safety.
You should not forget that balancing is recommended after each tire change.
Traffic at Bulgarian border checkpoints is at normal intensity, according to information from the “Border Police“ at 6:00 a.m., published on the website of the Ministry of Interior, BTA reported.
On the border with the Republic of Turkey, traffic is normal at all border checkpoints. Passing through the “Malko Tarnovo” Border Checkpoint (BCP) is temporarily on one route due to reconstruction of the checkpoint.
On the border with the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Serbia, traffic is normal at all border checkpoints.
Due to the increased interest in traveling to the destination Rudozem - Xanthi, the border with Greece, the Ministry of Interior informs citizens that construction activities are underway on the road on the Greek side. The Greek authorities have placed signs indicating that the terrain is a construction site and that outsiders are not allowed to enter.
Only cars and minibuses up to 3.5 tons are allowed to pass through the border crossings in the region of Makaza, Zlatograd and Ivaylovgrad.
On January 8, the activities on the major repair of the Bulgarian section of the Danube Bridge near Ruse resumed at the border with Romania, which is why a temporary traffic organization has been introduced and traffic is in one lane, with a passing regime regulated by employees of the contractor company.