Wrong parking, helmetless driving invite max challans

The traffic police have collected a whopping sum of Rs 5.85 crore by issuing 2.14 lakh challans in 10 months from January 1 to October 31 this year. Of the total challans, maximum were issued against wrong parking and driving without helmets.

As per the data procured from the city traffic police, of 2.14 lakh challans issued in six months, the maximum number of 41,241 challans were against wrong parking followed by 33,056 for helmetless driving, 26,398 for overspeeding, 10,589 for driving without seat belt, 8,872 for triple riding, 7,010 for rash driving, 4,887 for using black film, 5,952 for jumping red light, 808 for using pressure horn and 236 for underage driving.

Nowadays, the traffic police have deployed speed radars at strategic places on highways to capture overspeeding violation.

As per the data, owners of vehicles towed away by the police for wrong parking on roads had also been issued many challans. Traffic challan data shows that police towed away 8,741 vehicles, including two-wheelers and four-wheelers, which were found parked on roads against traffic norms. Once a vehicle was towed away by the city police, the owner has to pay the required fine and only then is the vehicle released by the police.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Jatin Bansal said to promote full compliance with road safety laws, the traffic police regularly conduct public awareness initiatives aimed at educating citizens. The department’s core objective was to manage traffic flow effectively, rather than generating revenue through fines. Yet, in cases of repeated traffic violations, the police are obliged to enforce the law by issuing statutory challans to those who transgress.

The ACP confirmed that the Traffic Education Cell, under the Ludhiana Police Commissionerate, continues to organise awareness seminars and instructional programmes for schoolchildren and vehicle operators regarding essential traffic rules and road safety.

Besides issuing challans at naka points, traffic police officials nowadays also take action against reckless driving or any other violation after noticing any videos of offenders on social media. After issuing the challans, the police also share videos on their official social media pages.