Cops seek technology solution to curb night-time violations
Rujuta Parekh | TNN | Updated: Jan 14, 2019, 06:54 IST
Two-wheeler riders brazenly ride on the wrong side at night. PUNE: The Pune traffic department proposes to harness technology to curb night-time rule violations.
This, police said, can be done through the CCTV network and an automatic challan generation software.
Motorists, safe in the knowledge that roads aren’t manned as vigorously at night as they are during the day, have made the city roads dangerous through an assortment of violations.
Over the years, Punekars have come to believe that traffic rules are to be followed only between 9am and 9pm. One-way roads like FC Road, MG Road, JM Road and others turn into two-way thoroughfares at night, with motorcycles and cars driving at breakneck speed on the wrong way.
“We had noticed 53 spots in the city, here wrong-side driving was rampant during the day. Through engineering intervention, we have successfully curbed wrong side driving at 22 locations. We regularly take action at the other spots. About 70-80 cases under section 279 of the Indian Penal Code are being registered daily against wrong-side driving. However, the situation is completely different at. Motorists across the city can be seen driving on the wrong side with abandon,” Tejaswi Satpute, deputy commissioner of police (traffic), said.
Even traffic signals are ignored, citizens said. “I travel at night regularly and I have observed that even if some traffic signals are functional, no one stops. It is a perception that since there are no police, there is no need to follow rules. Only stringent enforcement, like in the case of helmets, can help,” said Chetan Pardeshi, a working professional.
The traffic department feels automation is the way forward. “People need to understand that there can be consequences of violating rules at night. We are already working on installing more CCTV cameras as well as an automated challan generation system. This will ensure that manual monitoring is not required — the challans can be independently generated by the system once it registers a violation,” Satpute said.
She ruled out deploying personnel on the streets at night. The plan is in its preliminary stages, so the police don’t have a time frame for the system to be in place. Stating that automation is a challenge, thanks to the fragmented technology in use at present, Satpute said they were working with the smart city officials to generate funds.
This, police said, can be done through the CCTV network and an automatic challan generation software.
Motorists, safe in the knowledge that roads aren’t manned as vigorously at night as they are during the day, have made the city roads dangerous through an assortment of violations.
Over the years, Punekars have come to believe that traffic rules are to be followed only between 9am and 9pm. One-way roads like FC Road, MG Road, JM Road and others turn into two-way thoroughfares at night, with motorcycles and cars driving at breakneck speed on the wrong way.
“We had noticed 53 spots in the city, here wrong-side driving was rampant during the day. Through engineering intervention, we have successfully curbed wrong side driving at 22 locations. We regularly take action at the other spots. About 70-80 cases under section 279 of the Indian Penal Code are being registered daily against wrong-side driving. However, the situation is completely different at. Motorists across the city can be seen driving on the wrong side with abandon,” Tejaswi Satpute, deputy commissioner of police (traffic), said.
Even traffic signals are ignored, citizens said. “I travel at night regularly and I have observed that even if some traffic signals are functional, no one stops. It is a perception that since there are no police, there is no need to follow rules. Only stringent enforcement, like in the case of helmets, can help,” said Chetan Pardeshi, a working professional.
The traffic department feels automation is the way forward. “People need to understand that there can be consequences of violating rules at night. We are already working on installing more CCTV cameras as well as an automated challan generation system. This will ensure that manual monitoring is not required — the challans can be independently generated by the system once it registers a violation,” Satpute said.
She ruled out deploying personnel on the streets at night. The plan is in its preliminary stages, so the police don’t have a time frame for the system to be in place. Stating that automation is a challenge, thanks to the fragmented technology in use at present, Satpute said they were working with the smart city officials to generate funds.
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