To curb rash driving, police gets high-tech interceptor vans

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Equipped to move swiftly in all weather conditions, and even in pitch-darkness, the Traffic Police today added 11 hi-tech interceptors vans in its fleet to add more teeth to its anti-rash driving paraphernalia.

These interceptor vehicles were flagged off by police commissioner Amulya Patnaik from the Gate today.



According to a senior police officer, the 11 new interceptor vans can track over-speeding vehicles through laser-based cameras.

He added that the cameras can work in all light conditions and produce a photograph of the over-speeding vehicles' registration number and its GPS coordinates.

Authorities have issued 36,961 challans for rash and high-speed driving till May 15 this year.

Last year, 86,771 violators were challaned for driving at high speed.

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

To curb rash driving, police gets high-tech interceptor vans

Equipped to move swiftly in all weather conditions, and even in pitch-darkness, the Delhi Traffic Police today added 11 hi-tech interceptors vans in its fleet to add more teeth to its anti-rash driving paraphernalia. These interceptor vehicles were flagged off by Delhi police commissioner Amulya Patnaik from the India Gate today. According to a senior police officer, the 11 new interceptor vans can track over-speeding vehicles through laser-based cameras. He added that the cameras can work in all light conditions and produce a photograph of the over-speeding vehicles' registration number and its GPS coordinates. Authorities have issued 36,961 challans for rash and high-speed driving till May 15 this year. Last year, 86,771 violators were challaned for driving at high speed. Equipped to move swiftly in all weather conditions, and even in pitch-darkness, the Traffic Police today added 11 hi-tech interceptors vans in its fleet to add more teeth to its anti-rash driving paraphernalia.

These interceptor vehicles were flagged off by police commissioner Amulya Patnaik from the Gate today.

According to a senior police officer, the 11 new interceptor vans can track over-speeding vehicles through laser-based cameras.

He added that the cameras can work in all light conditions and produce a photograph of the over-speeding vehicles' registration number and its GPS coordinates.

Authorities have issued 36,961 challans for rash and high-speed driving till May 15 this year.

Last year, 86,771 violators were challaned for driving at high speed.

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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