Women and minors are the biggest violators of traffic rules in the national Capital. The Delhi Traffic Police in reply to an RTI query has stated that majority of offenders on two wheelers were found to be "minors and females. The traffic police data was culled between January 1, 2015 and March 31,2018. According to the data received from Traffic Police, "the number of cases of accident by two wheelers in which offending vehicle was being driven by 'Minors' stood at 28. Minors were found to be involved in maximum number of cases of accidents. There were 11 fatal accidents in which minors riding two wheelers were the victims.
Interestingly, traffic police has recorded 58 cases of traffic violation in which two wheeler riders were either females or minors. Moreover, the maximum number of challan was issued in the Punjbai Bagh circle of West Delhi, the RTI reply stated while teenagers and minors were caught violating traffic rules in Kirti Nagar, Moti Nagar and Shahdara area.s
The RTI response further highlighted that female bike/ scooty riders were also under the loop for not wearing helmets and most number of challans under this head, were again issued in Punjabi Bagh circle.
"Number of Cases of Accident by four wheelers in which offending vehicle was being driven by minors; under this category, only seven challan were issued in areas namely - Kirti Nagar , Shahdara and Janakpuri', the data by traffic police stated. Interestingly in Kirti nagar circle highest number of minors were found to be the victims as 1 cases were registered in this regard.
Also Punjabi Bagh , Moti Nagar, Shahdara, Hari Nagar, Janakpuri , Vikas Puri , Khayala circles and New Delhi district recorded mamimum number of violations in which minors and females were involved. Traffic Police data has recorded 28 such instances. There were 10 cases reported in Punjabi Bagh and Moti Nagar circles where females were the victims. Two cases were reported from Punjabi bagh area in which females were riding two wheelers without wearing helmets, the data stated.