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Traffic police to use `simputers'

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, JULY 27. From Wednesday, the Bangalore city traffic police will book cases with the help of a hand-held computer called `simputers'.

The simputer will record traffic violations by vehicles and provide the police with a data bank. This will help them in imposing fines for repeated offences and taking action in accordance with the law. According to the law, the police can impose higher fines on a driver for repeated offences and recommend to the Transport Department to cancel his driving licence.

However, neither the traffic police nor the Transport Department could do this in the absence of well-maintained data on vehicles and drivers.

The introduction of simputers is part of an initiative called `Project Lane Discipline,' which is coordinated by the Bangalore Agenda Task Force.

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