Sozopol crash exposes fake night driving logs in Bulgaria
An extraordinary inspection revealed training violations for an 18-year-old driver who died in a crash near Sozopol on Friday night. Records showed the instructor logged a required nighttime lesson on June 20 at 5 p.m., but authorities determined daylight conditions made this impossible. The training center chairman faces a 1,000-leva administrative penalty for the falsified documentation.
Video footage from the practical exam revealed the examiner failed to wear a seatbelt, and the examination committee chairman changed the assigned route four times without valid justification. The deceased demonstrated confidence and made no apparent errors on a medium-difficulty course. Experts identified weaknesses in the digitalized recording system that permit manual entry of fictional training hours.
