Police Announce Increased Checks on Trakia Highway for the Weekend

To improve road safety during peak traffic days, police patrols from road and guard units will perform intensified duties.

The section of the Trakia Motorway served by the Pazardzhik Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs remains one of the key areas for traffic control in the region. In the tasks of the Road Police Sector and the police administrations in Pazardzhik, Septemvri and Panagyurishte, the conducting of intensified duties with additional teams is included.

For more effective fixation of drivers with risky behavior, drones are used to monitor drivers in emergency lanes or during improper overtaking.

Violators are taken off the roadway for the purpose of administrative penal proceedings.

Control is actively directed toward compliance with the ban on driving for freight vehicles with a mass over 12 tons in the Friday toward Burgas direction and on Sunday toward Sofia, with the measure applied during the hours of highest traffic.

The aim is to prevent the formation of queues and to reduce the risk of road accidents.

Source: Telenews