Commissioner of Police (CP) J. Purnachandra Rao has launched a traffic regulation system called as ‘lane discipline' on the 26-kilometre National Highway No. 5 which runs through the city.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday on the issue, he said that the motorists, whether it be heavy or light vehicle drivers, were indulging in ‘snake' driving penetrating into every space and corners just to overtake other vehicles and indulging in haphazard driving, inconveniencing others and creating confusion among vehicle drivers. This is happening all the more on the national highways stranding traffic all over. To check the chaos, the concept of lane discipline is being enforced on the national highway with effect from Friday. The traffic regulation system involves bifurcation of the road on both sides into two traffic lanes.
The lane on the right side of the road will have four wheelers including heavy vehicles which will confine themselves to the lane while the two wheelers and three wheelers will run on the left lane. This system, the CP feels, will bring order on the highway. The highway stretch from Hanumanthavaka to Kurmannapalem is 26 km while the entire route from Anandapuram to Lankelapalem is 72 km. The police expect the vehicle drivers to maintain the same discipline on the 72-km route but police monitoring will be confined to only 26-km stretch. Police would enforce the traffic system from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Special arrangements are being made by deploying traffic police personnel, who will go mobile to monitor effective implementation, track down violations and to chase those commit traffic offences and escape. As many as 24 constables will be deployed at 12 identified traffic points. The mobile police squad will be equipped with cameras which will photograph violations and the offenders and take action accordingly. Practical problems will be identified in the process of implementation but as of now a beginning is being made on a trial basis on the national highways.
Mr. Purnachandra Rao appealed to the road users, particularly vehicle drivers of all shades, to extend their cooperation for ensuring an accident-free and hassle-free driving experience.
Handbills
Later, the Commissioner himself came down to the highway road at Maddilapalem and distributed handbills which gave details of the new traffic system to the general public. Handing over handbills to lorry drivers, car drivers and pillion riders, he explained the new concept to them and sought their cooperation.
On city roads too
The traffic police started enforcing the same at Maddilapalem soon after the Commissioner of Police launched the new lane discipline system at a press conference on the traffic island.
Mr. Poornachandra Rao said that he would introduce the system on all the city roads basing on the feedback of the success of the system on the NH-5. Handbills are being distributed throughout the 26 km stretch on NH-5 to educate the general public.
