Reckless vehicle drivers to have their licences cancelled

Reckless vehicle drivers to have their licences cancelled

The Hindu

New rules are likely to be gazetted soon

BANGALORE: To check reckless driving and ensure traffic discipline among drivers of private and public vehicles, the traffic police will soon start suspending and cancelling the licences of drivers and permits of vehicles for violations.

Strict enforcement

The new rules, which have been included in the permit conditions, are likely to be gazetted within two or three days.

The whole process of strict enforcement of traffic rules, especially among drivers of call centre cabs, autorickshaws, trucks and buses, will start within the next two months, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M.N. Reddi said here on Friday.

Participating in a discussion on `Bangalore's Infrastructure' organised by the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC), Mr. Reddi said though these conditions were part of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, they have now been included in the permit conditions in the State. "We have planned this move in coordination with the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) and have completed all the legal procedures. Licences of private vehicle drivers will be initially suspended for three to six months. They will be cancelled if the violation is repeated more than three times. Likewise, permits of public vehicles and also the licences of their drivers will be suspended simultaneously and subsequently cancelled for repeated violations," he explained.

These regulations will be carried out with the help of the automated traffic enforcement, which is already put in place. The Bangalore Traffic Improvement Programme `B-TRAC 2010,' which was recently launched by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, will address issues of traffic congestion and tackle safety related problems by using latest traffic management technology, Mr. Reddi said. This project, to be implemented at a cost of Rs. 350 crore in the next six months, was aimed at reducing accidents and traffic congestion in the city by 30 per cent, he added