New Motor Vehicle Act: Delhi sees fewer challans

  • | Thursday | 3rd October, 2019

After implementation of the new Motor Vehicles Act, the strictness of Delhi Traffic Police on the roads has made people cautious of thick challans. Not only this, to avoid heavy fines, triple riding on two-wheelers has also reduced and more people are wearing seat belts in their car than before. After the new rules came into force, the survey was conducted at Burari Chowk, Bhalswa Chowk and Mukundpur Chowk in Delhi. Earlier, only 7.5% of such drivers used to wear seat belts, while now the number has soared to 88%. There has also been an increase of 17.8% among those driving cars with seat belts.

After implementation of the new Motor Vehicles Act, the strictness of Delhi Traffic Police on the roads has made people cautious of thick challans. As a result, motorists are seen following the rules on the main routes leading to a decline in the number of challans filed in the Capital city. According to senior officials of the traffic police, in the year 2018, a total of 5,24,819 invoices were received from September 1 to September 30. Whereas after the new Act passed in 2019 came into force, a total of 1,73,921 invoices were received in the same period. It is hence clear from the data that over three lakh invoices have been reduced this year. Since the new law came to force, there has been an uptick in people wearing helmets on Delhi roads while a fall in red-light jumpers. Not only this, to avoid heavy fines, triple riding on two-wheelers has also reduced and more people are wearing seat belts in their car than before. Cases of drunk driving have also seen a decline. These facts have come to the fore of Save Life Foundation, an organization working for road safety. After the new rules came into force, the survey was conducted at Burari Chowk, Bhalswa Chowk and Mukundpur Chowk in Delhi. Bus drivers are number one among those following traffic rules. Earlier, only 7.5% of such drivers used to wear seat belts, while now the number has soared to 88%. There has also been an increase of 17.8% among those driving cars with seat belts. In cases of triple riding on two-wheelers, there has been a decrease of 13.4%. However, the two offences that stands out among its peers are driving without a license and not possessing a No Pollution Certificate. Under the Act, the violation of the PUC norm invites a penalty of Rs 10,000 while it is Rs 5,000 for driving without a license. Tighter enforcement of rules may even drop those numbers like others. Zee Media Newsroom

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