Greatings, Thanks for article. Everytime like to read you.
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When will they teach these people NOT to overtake on bends, and blind spots!!!!

Jon... your hate list! of "'C' Registration; 4 wheel drive; Muscovitch - in that order" I can pretty much agree with.
According to you I said that "jeeps are not built for speed, and they are highly unstable when driven too fast" ...I said they were not built for speed I never said they were unstable at speed, they are less stable than a lot of cars at speed but which cars are truely stable at high speeds with a bad driver behind the wheel? "unfortunately the figures show that compared to the percentage of jeeps in [...]

Read the full comment Bulgaria, they have a much higher rate of being in accidents"..... again as I see it that's down to purely bad driving and the owner/driver not undestanding his vehicle or it's limits.
Maybe if the people who bought 4x4's actually took them off the tarmac sometime & I don't mean serious off-roading - rather than use their size to bully people out of the way they'd realise that "hey they handle differently than an astra//audi/whatever,they'll take you places your average saloon car couldn't! maybe they're not built for the same type of use"!!
My Jeep has been a godsend out here (we brought both our Jeeps across with us) apart from pulling caravans ansd trailers we've pulled quite a few tree's out of the garden with my Jeep, they've been work horses & to be fair I do feel safer in a Jeep than in my Peugeot.

I'm pleased no one has disagreed with the idea of a "european standard for driving lessons and test" I wonder if anyone of importance will take note and maybe look into it???
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PS: Why are you shouting (BLOCK CAPITALS = shouting/screaming <g>
I only gave my personal opinion.

SORRY...I was just getting my point across ;-)

Jon Stated "Causing Death or Injury: Imprisonment is only available penalty".

But this does not apply to ice skating champions or famous Bulgarian people.

Julie T: I am also a jeep driver in fact a tank-like Range Rover! But I have to say that my almost daily journey to Burgas on the 'highway' gives me my hate list of 'C' Registration; 4 wheel drive; Muscovitch - in that order.
You are correct that jeeps are not built for speed, and they are highly unstable when driven too fast - but unfortunately the figures show that compared to the percentage of jeeps in Bulgaria, they have a much higher rate of being in accidents. The main point is that it is time to [...]

Read the full comment crack down, and hard, on these maniacs.

PS: Why are you shouting (BLOCK CAPITALS = shouting/screaming <g>
I only gave my personal opinion.

Driving too fast, overtaking at bends. I hope national campaign it is better to late then never might save lives. I do not know what they say about loss of lives in their TV programmes. Creating awareness will reduce number of deaths on the road.

JON MILLS ...So why exactly are you having a go at Jeep drivers??? I AM ONE OF THOSE!! I HAVE NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT,I HAVE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT & I HAVE NEVER CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. ALTHOUGH SINCE DRIVING IN BG I HAVE HOWEVER HAD TO AVOID A GOOD FEW! and they were not caused by Jeep drivers I can assure you, try Mercs with blacked out windows, BMW's driving so fast that they couldn't stop if their lives depended on it.
It's the mentallity of the driver - in England we call them 'boy racers' [...]

Read the full comment young boys driving way too fast & taking stupid risks, "ooh I have a merc/BMW so I must speed and make sure people see me!" out here it's most ages not just 20 year olds...it's NOT frowned upon by the police who sit in their patrol cars and watch cars speed past them, cars that are obviously not safe going along belching out smoke, cars with one headlight working, but are they stopped and dealt with NO !
Only a matter of weeks before driving the flash car he was in charge of a donkey & cart... they might as well have given the donkeys the driving licence when you see what the standard is out here, it's disgraceful. And just so you know, Jeep drivers do not tend to go too fast - the cars are not built for speed,they have the aerodynamics of a brick! they're designed for rough roads, rugged terrain and to be safer than the average little saloon car in the event that some pillock apparently doesn't see the rather large car your driving (be it through too much alcohol or just plain old fashioned crap driving)& they still manages to hit you!

The level of death and injury on Bulgarian roads is a national disgrace. Pleading with the motorist to drive sensibly has not worked. It is time for more draconian action. The government can start by having zero tollerance on drink driving; driving or 'creeping' through red traffic lights; overtaking at pedestrian crossing points, and match this with serious penalties.
First offence: 500 leva fine
Second Offence: 1,500 leva fine.
Third offence: 5 year ban and/or 6 months community service.
Driving without Insurance: 3 months community service
Causng Death or Injury: [...]

Read the full comment Imprisonment is only available penalty.

PS: Community Service means working in towns on road cleaning with those fashionable orange suits, clearly labelld 'trafic offender'. May cause the image conscious jeep driver to think again!

Failing to pay fine doubles the sum for every week not paid.

Offenders details to be passed to insurance companies, who can charge them extra as they are a bigger risk.

The police are more interested in seeing if I have insurance than catching the idiot in the black Benz SVU that just pasted me going 150 kph. Until this changes, nothing will change on Bulgarian roads.

That's an awful lot of accidents in a short space of time, for such a small country with a low population count & where families don't tend to have 3 or 4 cars that's an horrific number.
No one can seriously say the standard of dribvcing in BG is a high standard - it just isn't, but when are the government going to bring in tougher tests and when will the police actually bother to enforce rules governing the driving out here? How many people have to die before it's 'enough'? How many times must the hospitals not [...]

Read the full comment be able to cope with the carnage brought about by stupid risk taking suicidal idiots behind the wheel of a car? How many family of 'important' people have to die before it becomes important to get the driving standard out here brought upto European level? WHY can't we have one European wide set driving standard, one set test, so every one in the E.U. is driving to the same standards and rules of the road?

The carnage on Bulgaria's roads continues unabated. The government don't care, the police don't care, and the drivers don't care. A simple thing like wearing seat belts would save so many lives.