Offences |
Sanctions |
Traffic Law |
Drink or drug driving |
Driving with a blood alcohol level >0.5 to 0,8‰
Driving with a blood alcohol level >0.8 to 0,12‰ |
BGN 500 plus driving ban of 6 months
BGN 1000 plus driving ban of 12 months |
- for a second offence |
BGN 1000 - 2000 plus driving ban of 1 to 3 years |
Refusing to have the acohol level or the use of drugs checked by a technical device or refusing a medical examination to determine the blood alcohol level |
BGN 2000 plus driving ban of 2 years |
Dangerous goods transport |
carrying dangerous goods without necessary written instructions |
BGN 5000 |
carrying dangerous goods without the relevant ADR certificate for professional competence;
carrying dangerous goods with a vehicle, for which there is no certificate of approval issued by a competent ADR authority of the country of registration or with a vehicle that is not intended for the transported goods |
BGN 5000 |
Exceeding the authorized speed limit by: |
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up to 10 km/h * |
BGN 20 |
11 to 20 km/h * |
BGN 50 |
21 to 30 km/h * |
BGN 100 |
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21 to 30 km/h for drivers in the public passenger transport or ADR-drivers * |
BGN 150 |
31 to 40 km/h in urban areas * |
BGN 400 |
31 to 40 km/h outside urban areas * |
BGN 300 |
31 to 40 km/h for drivers in the public passenger transport or ADR-drivers * |
BGN 500 |
41 to 50 km/h in urban areas * |
BGN 600 |
41 to 50 km/h outside urban areas * |
BGN 400 |
41 to 50 km/h for drivers in the public passenger transport or ADR-drivers * |
BGN 800 |
over 50 km/h in urban areas ** |
BGN 700 + 3 months driving ban + BGN 50 for each additional 5 km/h over the exceeding 50 km/h |
over 50 km/h outside urban areas * |
BGN 600 + BGN 50 for each additional 5 km/h over the exceeding 50 km/h |
over 50 km/h or drivers in the public passenger transport or ADR-drivers ** |
BGN 1000 + 3 months driving ban + BGN 50 for each additional 5 km/h over the exceeding 50 km/h |
* for a second offence |
double fine |
** for a second offence |
double fine
+ 3 months driving ban |
Various infringements of traffic regulations like overtaking, refusal to give right of way, not respecting a road sign or road markings etc., if this constitutes a danger to other road users |
BGN 150 |
Leaving the engine running unnecessarily
when the vehicle is standstill |
up to BGN 50
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Driving with an inappropriate speed and failing to respect the secure distance between vehicles, thus causing an accident, if the accident does not constitute a crime |
BGN 200
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Modifying the vehicle construction without following the legal procedutes |
BGN 2000 - 7000 |
Parking on a place, fixed for vehicles carrying disabled persons or driven by disabled persons |
BGN 200
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Driving a road vehicle which exceeds the maximum authorised dimensions, mass or axle load without observing the respective regulations |
BGN 500 - 3000 |
- for a second offence |
BGN 1000 - 5000 |
Not wearing a seat belt |
BGN 50 |
Use of mobile phone while driving, without the appropriate “hands-off” equipment |
BGN 50
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Toll/vignette |
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- Driving a vehicle over 3.5 t on a road included in the scope of the paid road network, for which the relevant obligations for establishing the distance traveled have not been fulfilled or a route card has not been purchased |
BGN 1800 |
- for owner of a vehicle for which the due toll charge has not been paid in full or in part, including as a result of falsely declared data |
BGN 2500 |
- driving a vehicle which registration number is illegible or covered in any way: for violations related to the use of vignette
for violations of toll charges |
BGN 500
BGN 3000 |
- lack of valid vignette - for passenger transport vehicles with not more than 8 seats; freight vehicles and/or vehicles for transport of passengers and goods with maximum permitted gross weight up to 3,5 t |
BGN 300 |
Road Transport Law |
Lack of certified true copy of the licence, permit or other document required by European or national law |
- BGN 2000 for the driver
- BGN 3000 for the transport operator |
- for a second offence |
- BGN 4000 for the driver
- BGN 5000 and licence withrawal |
- for systematic offences |
BGN 6000 for the driver |
Not observing the requirements for driving, break and rest periods |
BGN 100 - 500 for the driver |
Irregularly unsealing, damaging or changing the indications of the tachograph or driving the vehicle without or with unfit tachograph, or using it improperly |
BGN 100 - 1500 for the driver |
Refusing to be checked by the control authorityies |
BGN 2000 for the driver |
Company in whose vehicle a manipulation device is found that could be used to falsify data recorded on record sheets or stored in the digital tachograph or on the driver card or printouts |
BGN 5000 for the transport company
- second offens - BGN 10 000 and licence withdrawal |
Allowing or ordering a transport operation with a motor vehicle within the scope of Regulation 165/2014/EC or AETR that is not fitted with any tachograph or the installed tachograph is not type approved |
BGN 5000
- second offence - 10 000 for the responsible person and licence withdrawal |