Road Traffic Law and Rules of the Road
Core concepts
Bulgarian road law is built on a hierarchy: the Road Traffic Act sets the framework, ministerial ordinances fill in detail, and road signs and markings give concrete orders. For AM candidates the key ideas are the general duty of care, the rule of right-hand traffic, and the obligation to ride as far to the right as is safe. Learn the definitions precisely: "roadway", "lane", "junction", "giving way", and "stopping" versus "parking". Questions often test the difference between a compulsory stop (a stop sign or red light) and a yield obligation.
Priority rules
At an unmarked junction of equal roads, the vehicle approaching from the right has priority. This is the single most examined rule. It disappears when signs or signals regulate the junction, or when you leave a private road, a yard, or a petrol station - then you yield to everyone. Turning left means yielding to oncoming traffic going straight or right. Reversing, U-turns near bends or on bridges, and overtaking at pedestrian crossings are restricted or banned.
Traps in questions
The examiner will show a junction where a sign applies only to one approach. Read whose sign it is. Another classic trap: a moped rider who thinks priority is earned by speed or by being on the main-looking road. Also watch for questions about tram priority, about pedestrians already on a crossing, and about emergency vehicles with active signals - you must give way even against a green light.
Rule of thumb
If you cannot name the sign or marking that gives you priority, assume you must yield. Approach every unregulated junction at a speed that lets you stop within the distance you can see to be clear.