BENGALURU: Motorists using DigiLocker to store vehicle documents and showing them to police during checks may have to cough up Rs 2,000 if they’re not carrying a hard copy of their vehicle insurance. Traffic police on Thursday tweeted that motorists must carry the original copy of insurance.
However, when TOI contacted multiple traffic officials, they were yet to get a confirmation on whether it was mandatory to do so.
Replying to a query, traffic police said insurance must be in hard copy only (original). Driving licence (DL), registration certificate (RC) and emission certificate in Digi-Locker are accepted during checks, but in case of any violation or seizure of vehicle, the original (hard copy) DL will be required, they added.
Meanwhile, traffic police booked 2,978 cases against offenders and collected a fine of Rs 30.1 lakh in the first 37 hours after the enhanced penalties were notified on Tuesday evening. Twenty-four cases pertained to uninsured vehicles and Rs 26,000 was collected from the drivers. Before the new regime kicked in, police used to collect an average of Rs 26 lakh per day.
According to the Centre’s notification, first-time offenders (riding/driving uninsured vehicles) would be fined Rs 2,000, while second and subsequent offences would draw a penalty of Rs 4,000.
Meanwhile, police commissioner Bhaskar Rao said at a press conference that the reason behind increasing the fine amounts was not generating revenue but bring in traffic discipline. Additional commissioner of police (traffic) Ravikanthe Gowda BR said it would take some time to adapt to the change.
Another police officer said not all Personal Digital Assistants used by traffic police personnel have been upgraded with new penalties, which is why some offenders were penalised according to the earlier fine structure. While 280 police personnel are equipped with body cameras, Rao said the number will be increased to 600 soon.
Attempt-to-murder cases for one-way violators?
The death of an officer on duty has sparked security concerns among traffic police personnel. A worried police commissioner has warned that motorists driving in the wrong direction on one-way roads will be booked for attempt to murder. Rao said he was ashamed that he could not protect his on-duty officer. “We will consult stakeholders on booking attemptto-murder cases against heavy vehicles which ply on the wrong way,” he said.
“If a motorist takes the wrong direction after being aware that it’s a traffic violation, he is only putting commuters’ lives at risk and is fit to be booked under IPC Section 307,” Rao opined.
On Tuesday night, Venkataramu, an assistant sub-inspector attached to Devanahalli traffic police station, was killed after a KMF truck moving on the wrong side of the road knocked him down. Rao said they would be taking a few ‘unpleasant’ decisions to regulate traffic movement.
However, when TOI contacted multiple traffic officials, they were yet to get a confirmation on whether it was mandatory to do so.
Replying to a query, traffic police said insurance must be in hard copy only (original). Driving licence (DL), registration certificate (RC) and emission certificate in Digi-Locker are accepted during checks, but in case of any violation or seizure of vehicle, the original (hard copy) DL will be required, they added.
Meanwhile, traffic police booked 2,978 cases against offenders and collected a fine of Rs 30.1 lakh in the first 37 hours after the enhanced penalties were notified on Tuesday evening. Twenty-four cases pertained to uninsured vehicles and Rs 26,000 was collected from the drivers. Before the new regime kicked in, police used to collect an average of Rs 26 lakh per day.
According to the Centre’s notification, first-time offenders (riding/driving uninsured vehicles) would be fined Rs 2,000, while second and subsequent offences would draw a penalty of Rs 4,000.
Meanwhile, police commissioner Bhaskar Rao said at a press conference that the reason behind increasing the fine amounts was not generating revenue but bring in traffic discipline. Additional commissioner of police (traffic) Ravikanthe Gowda BR said it would take some time to adapt to the change.
Another police officer said not all Personal Digital Assistants used by traffic police personnel have been upgraded with new penalties, which is why some offenders were penalised according to the earlier fine structure. While 280 police personnel are equipped with body cameras, Rao said the number will be increased to 600 soon.
Attempt-to-murder cases for one-way violators?
The death of an officer on duty has sparked security concerns among traffic police personnel. A worried police commissioner has warned that motorists driving in the wrong direction on one-way roads will be booked for attempt to murder. Rao said he was ashamed that he could not protect his on-duty officer. “We will consult stakeholders on booking attemptto-murder cases against heavy vehicles which ply on the wrong way,” he said.
“If a motorist takes the wrong direction after being aware that it’s a traffic violation, he is only putting commuters’ lives at risk and is fit to be booked under IPC Section 307,” Rao opined.
On Tuesday night, Venkataramu, an assistant sub-inspector attached to Devanahalli traffic police station, was killed after a KMF truck moving on the wrong side of the road knocked him down. Rao said they would be taking a few ‘unpleasant’ decisions to regulate traffic movement.
Quick Links
Lok Sabha Election Schedule 2019Lok Sabha Election NewsDelhi Capitals teamMI team 2019Rajasthan Royals 2019RCB team 2019Maharashtra Lok Sabha ConstituenciesBJP Candidate ListBJP List 2019 TamilnaduShiv Sena List 2019AP BJP List 2019Mamata BanerjeeBJP List 2019 MaharashtraPriyanka GandhiBJP List 2019 KarnatakaAMMK Candidate List 2019BJP List 2019 WBLok Sabha Elections in Tamil NaduBSP List 2019 UPNews in TamilLok Sabha Poll 2019Satta Matka 2018PM ModiMahagathbandhanNagpur BJP Candidate ListChandrababu NaiduTamil Nadu ElectionsUrmila MatondkarNews in TeluguMadras High CourtTejashwi YadavArvind KejriwalTejasvi SuryaPawan KalyanArvind KejriwalYogi AdityanathJaya PradaSatta King 2019Srinagar encounter
Get the app