In a special vehicle checking drive police have issued challans to as many as 150 vehicles for traffic violation and warned about 40 minors for driving vehicles, official said.
The drive was launched by Durg-Bhilai traffic police at seven places on Tuesday and continued for several hours. During the drive which started at 9 am and continued until 1 pm, 150 two wheeler vehicles were examined.
The challans were issued under motor vehicle acts to as many as seventy riders who were wearing scarf instead of helmets. They were told to use helmet onwards. Some people were caught for not displaying the number of their vehicles on prescribed format.
The special drive was carried out by the instruction of the district superintendent of Durg. The minor children who were found driving bikes were told to refrain from driving further as it is illegal.