Accidents continuing at regular intervals, taking toll on lives, the State police top brass said that they are going all-out to check drunk driving, rash driving and overloading-three principal reasons behind the accident spree-by slapping penalties on the flouters of the traffic rules and writing to the transport department for cancellation and suspension of the driving licenses in accordance with the nature of the traffic rule violations. As per the police headquarter reports, 133 road accidents have been reported while 77 persons died between January 1 and January 31, a figure which is much higher than that of January last year. It must be written here that many road accidents occur when people are in the habit of violating traffic rules. And this kind of violators are posing serious challenge to common people.
State Additional Director General of police (law and order) Ashok Kumar said on Wednesday that the district police chiefs have been directed to take actions on traffic violation especially related to overloading, rash driving and drunk driving against the violators. Besides, they need to identify the accident- prone areas in their jurisdiction limits with the deployment of police forces to enforce traffic regulations, he said.
Statistics on police enforcement revealed that police acted on rash driving and 24, 432 challans under Motor Vehicle (MV) Act have been issued to the violators. Besides, 2099 cases in rash driving were sent to the transport department, asking for cancellation and suspension of the driving licenses.
In the matter of over- loading (goods), a total of 19, 069 challans under Motor Vehicle (MV) Act have been issued to the violators. In 391 cases, applications have been sent to the transport department for cancellation and suspension of the driving licenses.
Police are also acting on those who use mobile phones while being behind the wheels, a senior police officer said, adding that a total of 5993 challans under Motor Vehicle (MV) Act have been issued to the violators. In 2027 cases, applications have been sent to the transport department for cancellation and suspension of the driving licenses.
Drunk driving being one of the main reasons of the road accidents being reported from various districts of the state, a total of 3245 challans under Motor Vehicle (MV) Act have been issued to the violators. In 647 cases, applications have been sent to the transport department for cancellation and suspension of the driving licenses.