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Thiruvananthapuram: The Zero Hour campaign by district police to bring down traffic offences was launched on Saturday, and over 750 motorists were caught for violating rules on the first day itself. The city traffic police caught as many as 114 motorists, of which 94 were motorcycle riders. Assistant commissioners George Koshy (traffic, south) and Biji George (traffic, north) led the operations. This move is expected to give a fillip to the TC Vigil (Thiruvananthapuram Citizen Vigil) initiative, through which public can share information with police via the number 9497975000.‘We will choose three citizens every week for pointing out offences and a ‘Good Samaritan’ will be presented to them,” Gurudin said. They also caught four auto rickshaws, six cars, two trucks, one mini lorry, two pick-up rickshaws, two vans and three scooters.The Zero Hour special drive will continue every day with all police personnel in the city taking part in an intense vehicle checking for an hour.The commissioner said it was decided to reward public, who shared pictures and videos of traffic offences as well as other crimes with the police on real time through WhatsApp..