Driver fined ₹3.2 lakh received a warning

Bengaluru: On Monday, the traffic police located a Sudhama Nagar resident after finding a startling ₹3.2 lakh fine on his two-wheeler. According to an official statement, the owner received a notice from the police asking him to pay the unpaid fees right away or face penalties.

According to the police, the driver who rode without a helmet drove in the incorrect lane and used a cell phone while driving was fined $350. The police have stepped in as a result of the almost daily reports of these infractions.

Additionally, the traffic police went to the violator’s home and gave him notifications. The police gave the car owner an installment plan when he said that he was unable to pay the outrageous ₹3.2 lakh fine, citing the vehicle’s ₹30,000 market worth. The statement did, however, issue a warning that noncompliance would result in the filing of a formal complaint.

This operation coincides with Bengaluru traffic police’s stepped-up attempts to collect unpaid penalties from habitual violators of the law, with a focus on car owners whose unpaid bills total more than ₹50,000.

According to MN Anucheth, joint commissioner of police, 2,681 cars in the city had accrued more than this amount of tickets for moving infractions.

According to Anucheth, people who disregard warnings and do not clear their challans would be subject to a charge sheet and court summons under the Motor Vehicles (MV) Act. The traffic police have initiated a concentrated effort to collect penalties from all of these offenders in order to ensure compliance.

In Bengaluru, there are at least 2,681 cars with above ₹50,000 in unpaid penalties related to moving infractions. We’ve launched an effort to get these offenders to pay their penalties. Even after this, if they don’t pay, we will file a chargesheet with the court, and the offender will get a summons from the court. If the fine is not paid, these incidents under the Motor Vehicles Act may result in a charge sheet, according to Anucheth.

Since the traffic police ordered staff to concentrate on traffic management rather than enforcement efforts in January, there has been a rise in the number of unpaid citations. The police officers, who are usually occupied with issuing challans during their unannounced paperwork checks, have now been stationed at many intersections across the city, especially during rush hour.

Currently, cameras are used to record almost 80% of traffic infractions in the city, according to the traffic police.

Bengaluru police had previously discovered these two-wheelers with many outstanding tickets against them. Recently, police also apprehended the owner of a two-wheeler and impounded it, citing 99 outstanding charges against it. After filing a formal complaint against the owner, his driver’s license was revoked.

Another individual who had not paid the penalty for the 46 infractions imposed on his motorbike was apprehended by the municipal police in August of last year. He was located by the traffic police, who then forced him to pay the ₹13,850 outstanding balance immediately.