Rowdy drivers beware!

Delhi, according to many is a city of road hogs. Drivers have no manners, many are habitual drunken drivers, while some of them would even kill to get where they want to go.


In the wake of growing unruly behaviour on city’s roads, the Delhi high court announced on Monday, a range of fines on those violating the traffic rules. Rs 1500 for using mobile phones behind the wheels, Rs 600 for not wearing a seat belt, Rs 600 for unauthorized parking and many more.


However, is the step enough to ensure orderly traffic behaviour on the city’s roads?


Traffic Security Expert and IIT Delhi Professor—Dinesh Mohan, DG - Bureau of Police Research and Development—Kiran Bedi, former member of Bangalore Agenda Task Force—V Ravichandar came together on CNN-IBN’s India 360 to debate the issue.


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The court also raised fines for traditional traffic violations — like driving through red lights or failing to halt at a stop sign — noting that the paltry sums don't act as a deterrent in a country where people have grown richer with the booming economy.


Favouring the stand, Kiran Bedi said that higher fines would definitely regulate the traffic behaviour in our country.


“Traffic is made up of three Es — engineering, education and enforcements. If these three are made effective, it will certainly have an impact,” she said. Fines must be revisited periodically every 2-3 years so that the deterrence continues to grow higher and higher, said Bedi.

Source: IBN