Over 4 lakh drivers fined for jumping red light in Delhi

Sunday , Aug 23, 2009
Source: http://www.zeenews.com

Delhiites behind the wheels seem to be the most impatient drivers as a whopping 4.36 lakh of them were challaned for jumping red lights, making the offence the highest among traffic violations in the city this year.

A total of 22,07,764 people were caught while bending traffic rules till August 20 this year, with red light jumping topping the list of violations with 43,6,181 challans followed by improper parking (3,61,807).

"People seem to be a little impatient at red lights. They want to cross roads even when the green signal turns red. By doing this, they are putting the life of others at risk," a senior police official said.

According to statistics, prosecution of those jumping traffic signals have shown an increase of 28.48 per cent from the same period last year. Last year till August 20, Delhi Police had challaned 3,33,017 people for red light jumping.

Similarly, stop-line violation registered a 29.34 per cent increase this year (36,813).

Challaning on improper parking has also registerred a whopping increase of 84.05 per cent with the prosecution of 1,98,381 people for the offence. Police attribute it to lack of parking space corresponding to the increase in vehicles.

The other major traffic offences in the capital this year were dangerous driving (1,58,993), over-speeding (1,32,885), defective number plates (1,14,667).

While challans on dangerous driving increased by 107.06 per cent, it was 15 per cent for over speeding and 108.61 per cent for defective number plates.