Summary:
Despite our awareness drives and road safety weeks, most of the youngsters lack respect for traffic rules. But, the police cannot get the detail on a car number or a driving license number instantly. We have no proper mechanism to quickly pull out the names of repeat offenders and checking manually involves a tedious process, said member of road safety committee AH Khan. The petty fines for traffic violations do not deter youngsters, the police officer added.Police data on traffic violations reveal that a total 5.4 lakh traffic violations under various sections of MV Act (excluding drunken driving) were reported in Visakhapatnam city in 2018, while the number of traffic violations were 4.08 lakh in 2017. With their smartphones, cops can issue a traffic challan, but nothing more..