site.btaTraffic Police Receives 86 New Cars, 300 More Expected

On Tuesday, caretaker Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov handed over the keys to 86 new high-speed cars, purchased with funds from his Ministry's Road Safety Fund. A total of 462 cars have been ordered, of which 35 are high-speed, 200 passenger cars, and 227 off-road vehicles, Stoyanov said at a ceremony in the National Police General Directorate.

The vehicles are designed to ensure the work of police officers controlling traffic on busy first-class roads. They are BMW 340i station wagons and are equipped with debit card reader devices for on-the-spot payment of road fines by offenders.

Regarding road accidents, Stoyanov reported that at the moment the statistics show that there are 47 fewer road deaths compared to the same period last year. There is also a 40% higher collection of traffic fines.