The Bhubaneswar Regional Transport Officer (RTO) has cancelled driving license (DL) of as many as 97 motorcyclists for rash and negligent driving during the last 10 days. While RTO- I has cancelled DL of 13 persons, RTO-II has cancelled 84 DLs. Besides, over 50 cases are pending in both the RTOs and more than half of them would be cancelled, said sources.
The process of frisking traffic rule violators and cancellation of their licenses has revealed that persons detained for driving two-wheelers without helmet do not own the vehicle in most cases.
And many a time, such violators are not being punished, neither their DLs are cancelled since they managed to flee. In such cases, the enforcement squad issues challans on the basis of number plates for which the owners are forced to shell heavy penalty.
If any violator manages to escape, the vehicle he or she was driving would be seized the next time they are caught during checking. There is also a law to seize one’s vehicle of those not showing DL, said RTO-1 Pradeep Mohanty.