Over 10,000 motorists challaned for violation of traffic rules

Monday, January 19, 2009
Source:http://www.indopia.in


New Delhi, Jan 15 Over 10,000 errant motorists were challaned for rampant violation of traffic rules by Delhi Police, with around 4,000 being booked for improper parking and jumping the Red lights.

"A total of 10,688 vehicles -- including 3,393 cars, 2,532 two wheelers, 2,222 light goods vehicle, 93 heavy transport vehicles, 781 buses, 48 RTVs, and 950 TSRs -- were challaned during the day,"a senior police officer said.

A total of 2,214 challans were issued for improper parking, 1,914 for jumping the Red light, 598 for dangerous driving and seven for drunken driving, he said.

Police also impounded 170 vehicles and punched 641 driving licenses of the violators.

Traffic police had carried out drive against errant motorists at the areas like Parliament Street, Connaught Place, Chankyapuri, Tilak Marg, Gandhi Nagar, Vivek Vihar, Kamla Bazar, Karol Bagh, Daryaganj and Kotwali localities.

The drive against bus drivers were carried out at Shahdara, Seelampur, Seempuri, Paharganj, Karol Bagh and other localities where cases of violation of traffic rules was very high.

A special drive against the violation of rules by the government vehicles were carried out in some of the South Delhi locality, he said.