Bucharest, Nov 18 (EFE) .- Nine days a year. due to poor infrastructure, the huge number of vehicles and also bad road education.

That is the result of a study prepared by the browser manufacturer Tom Tom GPS, which places the Romanian capital as the European city with the most traffic jams and the fifth in the world.

That classification, made with the data collected by the GPS devices, shows that during peak hours it takes 50 percent more to travel the same distance than when traffic is more fluid.

"The city lacks a road of circumvallation to avoid bottleneck, which makes the transit of vehicles through the capital, "explains Efe Catiusa Ivanov, journalist specializing in issues municipal.

In addition, "the lack of parking causes that the roads of the main arteries are occupied by parked cars, making it even more difficult," continues Catiusa.

In general, the bucharestinos are an average of 57 minutes each day stuck in traffic jams.

Considering an average use of the car of 229 days a year, the bucharestinos they spend the equivalent of nine days stuck in their vehicle.

In peak hours, the time it takes to travel a certain route is almost double that in periods of less circulation.

"The works that should facilitate the circulation are moving very slowly, while the number of vehicles has increased enormously", tells Efe Ovidiu Popa, Professor of driving school, who regrets that the urban planning has not changed since the 1980s.

With only 2.1 million inhabitants in Bucharest, although it is estimated that the real number may be around 2.6 million, there are registered 1.3 million vehicles.

A number that does not stop growing: in the first four months of 2017 the fleet increased in more than 30,000 vehicles.

"I am obsessed that there is not a peripheral ring that has two lanes for each direction, but also that we have streets full of holes and without the lines marked correctly ", denounces Popa.

The instructor also regrets the avalanche of new poorly prepared drivers who have completed a course of only 32 hours, insufficient to learn the rules and get used to driving.

"Only a third of the buccastants pass the exam the first time, no matter how well you teach them, many They suspend because of nerves and heavy traffic, "he stresses.

This opinion is shared by the head of the Bucharest Department of Road Safety, Ovidiu Munteanu:" There is a certain punctual indiscipline of the driver when prioritizing other vehicles and pedestrians. "

Tom Tom's study orders cities according to a" level of congestion ", a parameter which explains how much longer it takes to travel a distance during peak hours compared to times of less traffic.

In Bucharest, that rate is 50%, only behind Mexico City (66%), Bangkok (61%), Jakarta (58%) and China's Chongqing (52%).

The level of congestion in Rio de Janeiro, for example, is " %; Priority circulation lanes for public transport and putting into circulation 600 new trolleybuses, trams and buses, as well as modernizing some of the main avenues of access to the city from here until 2030.

Plans that, to the despair of the drivers, are going too slow.

To speed up traffic, the Psiho TrafiQ association recommends respecting the rules of the road, avoiding crossings with heavy traffic and not using the car during peak hours.

"We must opt �??�??for alternative means of transport such as bus, subway, bicycle and motorcycle, "explains Mihaela Rus, president of Psiho TrafiQ, who warns that traffic jams cause an increase in accidents due to that drivers react more impulsively.