New traffic drive, 763 cases in four hours

Nitin · 14th November 2007, 21:28

Thats a good move.
I hope this is maintained.There's every chance it'll fade into oblivion in the next few weeks. Good to know that 1000+ licenses were suspended too.
About time to crack the whip! Hope all the major cities take this up,and put it to use.

763 cases in 4 hours! Wonder what numbers we'd see if this was a week long effort.

tsk1979 · 14th November 2007, 23:41

thank goodness, a sensible drive. Its high time Delhi police did that too. 2 days back I saw a tractor with iron rods plying in the fast lane without any lights at the back, and one front light fused.

1100D · 15th November 2007, 05:07

Good move but will remain ineffective. The biggest concern for tail light stays on the highways at night. Even now, driving on the expressway in the dark, you can barely make out a few slow moving vehicles without tail lights. Padestrians in dark clothes who decide to cross in front of a car doing expressway speeds. Unless there is a drive to educate people, these petty fines wont serve the purpose of teaching everyone.

dadu · 15th November 2007, 09:50

Drives like this are good but they need to block the sources of these i.e. licensing rules.

- Make it mandatory to go through the driving schools
- Make the driving test tougher
- Take a written test on rules and signs

This will force the people to educate themselves and inturn atleast 10-20% will follow them later too.

For the rest of them, these drives will work.

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Originally Posted by 1100D

Unless there is a drive to educate people, these petty fines wont serve the purpose of teaching everyone.

cypher · 15th November 2007, 10:46

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Originally Posted by BaCkSeAtDrIVeR

While this is certainly salutary, IMHO, over a period of time, this drive can degenerate into drive for collection of "money".

Yes that's possible. As citizens let's reduce the risk of this happening by publicly supporting the drive. Perhaps write in to the papers saying this is a good thing, post supporting comments on online papers, blog about it, etc.

I'm sure that the people behind this, would appreciate the support and get 'motivated' to ensure that it does not fizzle out.

gbpscars · 15th November 2007, 10:48

This traffic drive is eating up another 15 mins in my drive back to Vashi for the past 2 evenings!!!

The worst part being the "dog pound" vehicles - i mean 1 or 2 Maharashtra ST buses that di not even have a tail lamp behind them, leave alone a fused bulb, were let to go!!!!

amit · 15th November 2007, 10:53

What about a drive to fine vehicles with worn off tyres? 100% of trucks, buses and taxi's will have to be challaned.

Also, how about the cops take up the MMRDA and countless other agencies to clearly mark construction zones on our roads? Have any of these cops or government officers driven at night?

carboy · 15th November 2007, 10:55

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Originally Posted by dadu

- Make it mandatory to go through the driving schools

How would this help - driving school is just a channel to bribe the
RTO on your behalf - they act like agents.

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Originally Posted by superavi

1) Driving on the wrong side of the road

In Pune, this is entirely normal & legal & 1/3 of all roads are
reserved for people driving on the wrong side - atleast, that's what a
casual visitor to Pune would assume.

bruty · 15th November 2007, 11:05

Good drive, I wish some one in delhi will wake up to control the killer blue line buses. I remember it happened only during Kiran Bedi's tenure.

14th November 2007, 21:28	#16
Nitin Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 3,294 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	Thats a good move. I hope this is maintained.There's every chance it'll fade into oblivion in the next few weeks. Good to know that 1000+ licenses were suspended too. About time to crack the whip! Hope all the major cities take this up,and put it to use. 763 cases in 4 hours! Wonder what numbers we'd see if this was a week long effort.
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14th November 2007, 23:41	#17
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,825 Times View My Garage	thank goodness, a sensible drive. Its high time Delhi police did that too. 2 days back I saw a tractor with iron rods plying in the fast lane without any lights at the back, and one front light fused.
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15th November 2007, 05:07	#18
1100D Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Calcutta Posts: 4,390 Thanked: 4,096 Times View My Garage	Good move but will remain ineffective. The biggest concern for tail light stays on the highways at night. Even now, driving on the expressway in the dark, you can barely make out a few slow moving vehicles without tail lights. Padestrians in dark clothes who decide to cross in front of a car doing expressway speeds. Unless there is a drive to educate people, these petty fines wont serve the purpose of teaching everyone.
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15th November 2007, 10:48	#21
gbpscars BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 402 Thanked: 5 Times	This traffic drive is eating up another 15 mins in my drive back to Vashi for the past 2 evenings!!! The worst part being the "dog pound" vehicles - i mean 1 or 2 Maharashtra ST buses that di not even have a tail lamp behind them, leave alone a fused bulb, were let to go!!!! Last edited by gbpscars : 15th November 2007 at 10:51.
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15th November 2007, 10:53	#22
amit Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 3,717 Thanked: 449 Times	What about a drive to fine vehicles with worn off tyres? 100% of trucks, buses and taxi's will have to be challaned. Also, how about the cops take up the MMRDA and countless other agencies to clearly mark construction zones on our roads? Have any of these cops or government officers driven at night?
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15th November 2007, 11:05	#24
bruty BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 238 Thanked: 10 Times View My Garage	Good drive, I wish some one in delhi will wake up to control the killer blue line buses. I remember it happened only during Kiran Bedi's tenure.
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