Traffic violators need to be careful from now, as the police and the Road Transport Authority (RTA) officials have deployed HD surveillance cameras.
Despite several warnings and awareness camps, there is hardly any change in the attitude of the motorists and to keep them in check city traffic police and RTA personnel have started surveillance through hitech cameras in the city to record violations such as not wearing helmet, using mobile phone while driving, not wearing seat belts, jumping signals and a few others traffic violations.
Initially the surveillance cameras have been installed at five major junctions in the city.
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“We want to bring about a change in the attitude of motorists,” said ACP (Traffic) Kinjarapu Prabhakar.
According to him, despite various preventive measures initiated by the Traffic Police Department, two-wheeler drivers continue to top the chart of road accidents in the city.
Two-wheeler riders are responsible for over 40% of the total fatal road accidents and four-wheelers account for about 30%.
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According to the police statistics, about 40 two-wheeler riders, who did not wear helmets, died in accidents in a month in Andhra Pradesh in 2017 and another 20 for not fastening their seat belts.
According to Mr. Prabhakar, both the use of helmets and seat belts have already been made compulsory but over 50% do not adhere to norms and this is creating a huge problem for the police. “People are educated and they should realise that the rules are framed for their safety,” he said.
Challans issued
The enforcement officials are sending the challans to violators’ residence with a proof (photo) of the violation.
If the violators do not pay the fine then the violation would be linked to the records of vehicle owner’s RC book and the fine would be collected with a penalty during resale or transfer of the vehicle. The vehicle might even be seized, said Mr. Srinivas, traffic inspector.
In the last few days, the police said at least 500 cases were booked for various violations.