The driving licences of nearly 11,500 motorists in the city have been suspended this year for drunk driving or repeated traffic violations.
This is one of the highest seizures of DLs and is the fall out of intensified special drives to curb accident rates. The traffic police have recommended suspension of driving licences of 14,280 motorists. Of these, 11,500 have been suspended while the fate of around 2,800 is awaited, sources said.
According to Additional Commissioner of Police M.A. Saleem, a majority of the offenders were driving under the influence of alcohol and were booked for the first time.
The rest include motorists driving without a helmet or on footpaths. Bengaluru has the second highest two-wheeler population in the country after New Delhi and is considered to have the largest segment of traffic violators.
Transport Commissioner Rame Gowda spoke.
