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Police to get tough on traffic violations

Staff Reporter

City traffic police are digitising their records to track habitual offenders

Bangalore: Are you caught violating traffic rules repeatedly? Then be prepared to pay a hefty penalty the next time. Yes, the city traffic police are digitising their records which will enable them to track habitual offenders.

Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic and Security) Praveen Sood told reporters here on Tuesday the police have developed a comprehensive database of those who were booked for various traffic offences earlier either through Blackberry or the automated traffic monitoring centres. Unlike earlier, now the two databases are being merged and this comprehensive database will help traffic police to identify habitual offenders easily. Mr. Sood said those who were served with notices to pay fine for traffic violations should pay up within seven days or else face a hefty fine. Repeated violations will also attract penalty like suspension of licence and imprisonment, depending upon the gravity of the offences, he added.

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