Flouting of traffic rules by vehicles flaunting stickers, party flags on rise

Chennai | Friday | 7th June, 2019

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By Express News ServiceCHENNAI: Incidents of vehicles with stickers such as press, advocates and political party flags flouting traffic rules are on the rise. In 2018, 28,682 cases were booked and Rs 29,30,800 fine was collected. And in the year of 2017, 44,300 cases were booked and Rs 46, 01,860 was collected as fine. A Sub-Inspector at the Velachery traffic signal said, “We rarely stop cars or bikes with those stickers. ”The senior police officer also said, “We have given instructions that in the eyes of law, everyone is equal and just by having the stickers, traffic violators cannot be exempted from paying fine.”.