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Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

No escape now for traffic rule violators

M. Srinivas

Instead of catching the violator on the spot, the police will trace them after collecting details from the RTA

HYDERABAD: Giving traffic constables the slip after breaking a rule at major intersections of the city will no more be easy.

The City Traffic Police have launched a marathon exercise to crack the whip against traffic rule violators. They have started writing down the registration number of the vehicle, model name, colour, time, place and date if its owner's escape after violating rules like signal jumping, cell phone driving, crossing the stop line or triple-riding.

The details of the vehicle will be sent to the Old Police Control Room near the State Assembly where the police will trace the vehicle-owner after collecting details from the Regional Transport Authority (RTA). Notices will be served on the motorist within two days.

The vehicle-owner has to pay the fine amount within seven days after receiving the notice failing which legal action will be initiated. "This exercise was started a few months ago without any prior announcement," a police official said.

Traffic police are issuing challans on the spot after `catching' a violator, but some of the vehicle-owners, mostly youngsters, escape from the police by driving their vehicle in a rash and negligent manner.

"We faced lot of criticism for trying to stop violators, particularly after the incident in which two youngsters died after a policeman tried to intercept them at Khairatabad in April this year," he said.

Rule violators' details

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Anil Kumar says details of nearly 1,000 such violators are being collected everyday. Around 90 per cent of them pay the fine amount after verifying with officials. "Anyone can fight in court if he or she finds fault with the notice," he says. The task will become easier after installing CCTV cameras at all the major junctions. Notices could be issued along with the evidence. "Efforts are on to get a separate lease connection from the RTA's main Internet server to trace the address of the vehicle owners," the DCP said.

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