Pimpri: Riding a bike without a helmet has proved to be quite expensive for the citizens of Pimpri-Chinchwad City. The traffic police of Pimpri-Chinchwad took the maximum action last year against two wheelers traveling without helmets. In the last one year, action has been taken on 85 thousand two-wheelers without helmet and a fine of Rs 4 crore 25 lakh 47 thousand has been recovered from them.
Various measures are being taken by the Traffic Branch of Police to discipline the traffic under the Pimpri-Chinchwad Police Commissionerate. Uncontrolled drivers are being challaned through e-challan. Still, some drivers are ignoring the traffic rules by ignoring them. This leads to traffic jams, as well as frequent accidents. Traffic police is taking action against such undisciplined drivers.
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Police took action last year also
Last year, the police took action against two-wheelers without helmets and collected a fine of Rs. After that, taking action against the citizens who violate the speed limit, a fine of Rs 2 crore 68 lakh 81 thousand has been recovered. Unauthorized driving other than refusing a police order, without a license, driving a vehicle after the expiry of the license, improper horn, uninsured vehicle, violation of speed limit, triple seat, tampering with number plate, silencer, without glass, without Action has been taken against those who stop the vehicle on the belt, black mirror, instructions to drive in the opposite direction, signal zebra crossing, mobile talking, vehicle modifier.
Police said – the action will continue
The traffic police registered 7 lakh 30 thousand 285 cases during the year while taking action against the unruly drivers in the city. Along with this, a fine of Rs 31 crore 44 lakh 93 thousand 250 has also been imposed on the drivers who violate the traffic rules. Anand Bhoite, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic Branch, said that due to uncontrolled drivers, the safety of themselves and others is put at risk. So every driver should follow the traffic rules. Action will continue against the miscreants and the emphasis is on collecting fines.
Details of action taken during the year
- 1) Contempt of Police Order : 1786 : 3, 80, 300
- 2) Unauthorized drivers: 18: 20, 000
- 3) Unlicensed: 29311: 1, 56, 05000
- 4) Expired License: 2619: 1, 36, 800
- 5) Unnecessarily honking : 330 : 1, 65,000
- 6) Driving a vehicle without insurance : 4254 : 46, 01400
- 7) Velocity Violation : 26166 : 26, 88, 100
- 8) Triplesit : 20990 : 4, 19, 800
- 9) Without Helmet : 85094 : 4, 25, 47,000
- 10) Number Plate Tamper : 648 : 5, 47, 400
- 11) Silencer: 2478: 24, 75, 600
- 12) Mirror View : 54457 : 1, 12, 00, 600
- 13) Seatbelt : 46366 : 94, 13, 600
- 14) Black Glass : 39988 : 85, 39, 900
- 15) Wrong side: 40507: 4, 05, 07, 000
- 16) Signal Jumping : 52517 : 1, 13, 11, 300
- 17) Zebra Crossing: 6649: 13, 29, 800
- 18) Mobile Talking: 22307: 44, 61, 400
- 19) Vehicle Modify : 2507 : 2, 50, 700
(Nature of action, number of action taken and fine collected in Rs.)