The number of people killed in traffic accidents in our country has increased by more than 20 people within a year. The number of accidents is also increasing, with the Plovdiv region holding the record. Over 340 road accidents occurred there in 2022. More and more people get behind the wheel after drinking alcohol and getting drugs.
“Procedures in our country are long, and punishments are lenient”, said lawyer Ludmil Rangelov. He commented on the grim statistics, sharing the view that if sentences were enforced more quickly and effectively, perhaps fewer drivers would allow themselves to break the rules.
The lawyer is of the opinion that the clumsiness of the system in our country comes from the fact that accidents are accompanied by examinations, which in themselves drag on for a long time.
Pre-trial proceedings are one of the main reasons for delaying cases. These proceedings should be undertaken by investigators and magistrates, not by investigating police officers, in order to leave little work and quickly move on to the imposition of punishments, advocate is categorical Rangelov.
The increasingly common practice of consuming alcohol and drugs while driving has serious consequences. Mixing them causes an explosion in the brain. From there, the driver is not himself. He instinctively and automatically performs the activities related to the management of the motor vehicle, and not consciously, specified the rightist.
Lyudmil Rangelov commented on the accident with Georgi Semerdzhiev. We will have to wait „at least two years“ for the outcome of his case, the lawyer suggests. The reason – in this case there is a „complex interaction of centrifugal forces, impacts and the result of the impacts“.
