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Steps to check rash driving

Staff Reporter

Kochi city police propose cancellation of licence

KOCHI: The Kochi city police have written to the State Government seeking amendments to the Kerala Motor Vehicles Rules so that the licence of private bus drivers caught four times for rash driving can be cancelled.

This comes in the wake of some private buses getting frequently involved in fatal and major accidents, despite a plethora of preventive, deterrent, punitive and reformative measures adopted by the police and the Motor Vehicles Department.

A private bus that fatally knocked down a priest in Aluva over a week ago had been involved in another accident two months ago, when it knocked down another two-wheeler rider. Angry members of the public had smashed its windscreens on both occasions.

City Police Commissioner Manoj Abraham said a multi-pronged approach is being adopted to rein in bus workers.

“Accidents involving private buses have come down by 18 per cent ever since the Shubhyatra safe-driving programme was launched three months ago.

Buses involved in major accidents are now being detained at police stations for extended durations, to drive home the point that rule violations will not be tolerated,” he said.

The police also plan to introduce swipe cards for private buses, so that their running time is automatically recorded in the punching-cabin system.

This will prevent malpractices like tampering of existing punching cards, which is allegedly being resorted to by unscrupulous busmen., he said.

It will also reduce the time spent by bus workers at each punching cabin, waiting in the queue.

Mr Abraham said that eight punching cabins were planned in the city.

The running time of each bus could be recorded automatically in the cabins, thus providing proof whether the vehicle was running at a speed beyond the permissible limit.

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