Traffic Safety

Owners of more than 1,100 vehicles, including cars and two-wheelers, landed in the police net over violation of various road safety norms across Noida and Greater Noida on Holi, police officials said on Thursday. Around 30 vehicles were impounded and owners of at least five of them penalised hefty amounts ranging between Rs 17,000 to Rs 33,000 for "stunts" and recklessness like car occupants hanging from the windows, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Anil Kumar Yadav said. "Throughout Wednesday, around 475 traffic police personnel including inspectors, sub-inspectors and constables remained on duty across Gautam Buddh Nagar to keep a check on violations of rules, the officer said. He said 650 challans were issued for two-wheeler rides without helmet, 265 for triple-riding, 75 each for drunk driving and wrong-side driving, while 25 car owners were penalised for having black films on their windows. Another 25 vehicle owners were penalised for not being able to produce documents,

In the last three years, 1,597 people have lost lives on the weekend, between Friday and Sunday

The Centre has asked states to remove encroachments from national highways as it is a matter of grave concern for traffic management and operations and future upgradation projects. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in a letter to states said the Control of National Highways (Land & Traffic) Act, 2002 has empowered the National Highway (NH) officers to take action against encroachments, but still there are a lot of encroachments on NH land. "It has been brought to the notice of the ministry that national highways are being encroached upon by dhabas, vegetable sellers, etc. "...field units may be adequately sensitised to prevent encroachments on national highways and launch periodical drives to remove all sorts of encroachments from NH land," it said. "The ministry noted that encroachment of NH land whether of permanent nature or of a temporary nature is a matter of grave concern for traffic management and operations and future upgradation projects," it said.

The High Court of Karnataka has directed the authorities to install GPS tracking systems on ambulances in the State to enable them to travel uninterrupted in traffic. A division bench of the High Court headed by Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale gave this direction after hearing a petition by 'Bharat Punaruttana Trust'. The High Court then adjourned the hearing by three weeks. All the ambulances in Karnataka have to be enabled with GPS tracking systems and they should also be regularly monitored, the court has said. The government was directed to issue necessary circulars in this regard to ambulance owners and manufacturers so that both government and private ambulances are enabled with Global Positioning System (GPS). The court also directed for the establishment of a control room for the management of ambulances. The control rooms should be able to control the traffic on the roads while ambulances are travelling. The tender process for the same should be commenced at the earliest,

Delhi Traffic Police shared a list of diversions, parking, and transport facilities on Twitter

Traffic deaths in the US increased 0.5 per cent to 20,175 in the first half of 2022, the highest number killed in the period since 2006, a US official estimate has said

According to the NCRB report, in 2021, 155,000 people died in accidents on Indian roads. The number was up from 133,000 in 2020. Total accidents reported also rose to 403,000 in 2021, up from 354,000

The penalty can be paid either offline or online, depending on the facility provided by the city/state in which the traffic offence was committed

This policy is especially handy when an accident results in disability, impairing a person's earning capacity

Looks to nearly treble NH toll revenue to Rs 1.4 trn in 2 yrs

Surveillance cameras equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) have been installed by Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) to strengthen traffic norms in the city, an official said

India banks solely on the police force for this data, ignoring other critical sources

States enforcement agencies will have to send traffic violation notice to the offender within fifteen days of the offence committed

The authority has generated over Rs 17,000 cr through the TOT model so far. For the most recent 5th bundle of TOT actions, NHAI got bids of over Rs 600 cr more than the reserve price

India needs stricter licensing laws and must ensure use of proper helmets through effective communication and fines

Pollution levels too remain low in Mumbai and Delhi over limited activity

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The hefty fines seemed to have given a great boost to Delhi Traffic Police, for one, as it issued 3,900 challans on the very first day

Various reports have said a two-wheeler rider was fined Rs 23,000 in Gurugram for various norms violations, while a truck driver was given challan for Rs 59,000

Here's a list of penalties traffic rules violators may have to pay under Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill - 2019