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The new cameras of the Traffic Police, which have been working in Sofia and five other cities in the country since Monday, also detect cars without the mandatory Civil Liability Insurance, commissioner Martin Tsurinski of the service announced today. He specified that the devices recognize up to 99% of the number of vehicles that pass and make reference in the database of the Guarantee Fund. If no data is found for the insurance concluded, an electronic voucher is drawn up for the car owner.
Other features of the new cameras include traffic detection in up to 6 lanes in both directions, day and night. In addition, they can simultaneously shoot up to 16 cars that exceed the speed limit. Cameras detect improper overtaking.
The new monitoring devices have been operational since Monday, and in Sofia alone more than 500 offenders have been filmed in four days, and the figure of more than 1,500 throughout the country. , in which the focus will be on speed control.
With 216 km / h in Sofia
“In September, 11,232 violations were identified in the territory of Sofia. The reservations are worth a little more than 1.9 million. They have already been paid around 180,000 BGN,” Commissioner Tsurinski told Nova TV.
He also announced the most striking cases of speeding in Sofia: driving at 216 km / h on the ring road with a speed limit of 80 km / h. Crossing at 151 km / h on Istoria Slavyanobulgarska Blvd. during the day with a limit of 50 km / h The most serious speeding violations are detected at night on the ring road, where drivers traveling at around 200 km / h h are photographed regularly.
Currently, the traffic police have a total of 205 speed control devices. Among them are 22 stationary radars, 32 tripod cameras and 148 mobile stations in police cars. However, it is unknown how many of them work.