As many as 36 driving licenses were seized by Traffic DSP M M P Sinha for violation of traffic rules in Bokaro on Tuesday that was marked as Zero Tolerance Day.
On the directive of higher-ups operation zero tolerance to traffic rules violation was conducted from July 23 to 30 and license of 36 offenders were seized, informed Sinha.
The figures were provided by the police department on Wednesday. "We have sent a recommendation to suspend those licenses to S. Garg, the District Transport Officer," added Sinha.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people were fined for speeding, driving without a seat belt, ignoring traffic signals in Bokaro city area.
According to prevailing laws both the rider and the pillion-rider must wear helmets. The law states, Sikhs and children below the age of 12 and women are exempted from wearing the helmet when they are a riding pillion, said a traffic department official.
Traffic police recommend suspension of driving licenses for four offenses out of the five included driving vehicles at a speed exceeding the specified limit, using mobiles while driving, without seatbelt and drunk driving, sources said.
Bokaro Deputy Commissioner K N Jha also directed the district police to take strict action against the helmet-less two-wheeler riders. Jha also directed to the District Transport Officer and Police Deputy Superintendent to conduct vehicle checking campaign regularly on all check-points across the district and asked to take strict action against the drivers without helmets and traffic rules violators.
Under Section 129 of the Motor Vehicles Act, both the rider and the pillion rider can be booked if they are found without a helmet.
DC also instructed the officers of the Indian National Highways Authority for marking of the Crashing Areas (Black Spots) on the NH and asked them to designate boards (drive carefully) on such spots.