A new traffic fine system and the Motor Vehicle Act would be strictly implemented in the city from Sunday, September 1, informed SP Pinak Mishra here on Friday.
As per the recent decisions, Rs 1,000 would be collected as fine from bikers for riding without helmets and equal amount of penalty would be collected from car travellers for not using seat belts. Fines of Rs 5,000 would be collected for driving vehicles without licence, violating signals and not giving side to ambulances. Penalty of Rs 10,000 would be collected for drunken driving and talking in mobile phone during driving, said the SP.
CCTV cameras installed at different places would nab traffic offenders and, on the basis of footage, fine chalans would be sent through messages in their mobile members.
On Friday, such fine chalans were sent through mobile messages to 13 motorcyclists, including two women, after they were caught though the CCTV camera at Courtpeta. The IMTS established at BeMC office is monitoring traffic violators thought CCTV cameras put up at different places in the city.
