Wednesday, March 30, 2011
With every effort to make windows of cars shed their tint going in vain, the Delhi Traffic Police has now decided to go by the book to teach violators a lesson.
As many as 22,000 challans were issued by the Traffic Police to motorists driving vehicles with tinted windows between January and February, but it seemed to have no effect on the residents of Delhi. As police noted that the Rs-100 fine for such offence was not helping, the department opted for a change in strategy, which refers to Section 22(a) of the Rules of Road Regulations. According to this, the department can direct violators to report back to the police in 72 hours.
Now, in a new drive against tinted glasses that was on between March 3 and to March 15, the Taffic department issued 4,337 challans, and has started issuing "report-back" directions, spurring as many as 3,814 violators to remove the dark films from their cars on the spot.
"In these 3,814 cases, the offenders did not want to go in for the hassle of reporting back to the Traffic Police. When a direction is issued, the driving licence or the registration certificate of the offender is seized, and returned only when he reports back after rectifying the issue," said Satyendra Garg, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic).
However, as many as 2,855 directions were issued for violations such as tinted glasses, pressure horns (56 cases) and defective number plates (2,726 cases).
"As many as 2,401 offenders — out of a total of 2,855 — reported back to the department after rectifying the flaws in their vehicles. Of those who did not respond, 121 were summoned by the court and subsequently challaned," said Garg.
Original news source http://www.indianexpress.com/news/traffic-cops-go-by-the-book-to-nail-tint-offenders/768964/
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