Modern speed guns to check over-speeding at late hours

Thursday , Apr 08, 2010

    
With traffic moving at a snail's pace during peak hours, night time is when many Delhiites like to live life in the fast lane. That means more accidents and consequently more headaches for the traffic police.

"Most of the hit and run accidents in Delhi take place in the night as several persons are in an inebriated condition and they indulge in rash driving which results in fatal accidents," said a senior police officer.

But now there's light at the end of the tunnel. Delhi traffic police is planning to procure 15 night vision speed radar guns to check over-speeding by night revellers. "We are doing a technology upgradation as the traffic police officials are ill-equipped to check violations during night time as most of these incidents happen at late hours," said the JCP (traffic) Satyendra Garg.

Meanwhile, country director of Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), Nalin Sinha said that this move will help traffic police check violations and rash driving.

"It has been seen that most of the accidents and fatalities take place between 11 pm and 3 am, as also during peak hours. This move will help traffic police reduce the number of accidents on roads," said Sinha.

"But apart from this, police officials should install CCTV cameras at major black spots on Ring Road and Outer Ring Road which will help the police in law enforcement and control crime at these places," he added. Delhi has around 10 black spots (places where most number of accidents take place) and eight of them are on the Ring Road and the Outer Ring Road including areas like Ashram, ISBT and Narayana.

2,12,000 Number of challans issued in Delhi for over-speeding in 2009

40 Number of Speed Radar Guns with the Delhi traffic police 

2,165 Number of Delhiites killed in road accidents in 2009

Original news source http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/apr/080410-Delhi-speed-guns-Traffic-cops-night.htm