No helmet? sorry, no entry into Commissioner’s office
Office of the CoP shows the way in stricter enforcement of helmet rule
In a move aimed towards stricter enforcement of helmet rule, Office of Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, has been made out of bounds for those coming on two-wheeler without wearing a helmet.
In case of police personnel and DPO staff coming to the CPO without wearing a helmet, the registration number of those vehicles would be noted down and challan for violation of traffic rules would be sent to them.
Madurai City has been teeming with thousands of two-wheelers and they account for most of the road accidents ending up in fatalities. Out of the 193 fatal accidents reported in the city last year, 103 were involving two-wheeler riders. “Had they worn helmets, the fatalities could have come down significantly,” Commissioner of Police S. Davidson Devasirvatham said.
“We have stepped up the enforcement of traffic rules. The number of cases booked has gone up by over 340% this year. The violators are being imposed fines and we also recommend to the Regional Transport Office for suspension/cancellation of driving licence,” the Commissioner said.
However, the general perception among the road users is that the enforcers in many cases were violators of road rules.
When Mr. Davidson found a police personnel entering the CPO on a motorbike without a helmet on Thursday, he instructed the police personnel manning the main gate to note down the registration numbers of such police personnel. “I have asked our officers to send challans to those violators to put an end to such a practice,” he added.
Similarly, those from the general public who come to the CPO for various reasons would not be permitted into the CPO premises if the two-wheeler riders did not wear a helmet. “We have not allowed any motorbike with the rider not wearing the helmet inside our office today and this will continue. Some of them parked the vehicles outside and walked into the office,” a police constable said.
Office of the CoP shows the way in stricter enforcement of helmet rule
14/02/2020, S. SUNDAR,MADURAI
In a move aimed towards stricter enforcement of helmet rule, Office of Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, has been made out of bounds for those coming on two-wheeler without wearing a helmet.
In case of police personnel and DPO staff coming to the CPO without wearing a helmet, the registration number of those vehicles would be noted down and challan for violation of traffic rules would be sent to them.
Madurai City has been teeming with thousands of two-wheelers and they account for most of the road accidents ending up in fatalities. Out of the 193 fatal accidents reported in the city last year, 103 were involving two-wheeler riders. “Had they worn helmets, the fatalities could have come down significantly,” Commissioner of Police S. Davidson Devasirvatham said.
“We have stepped up the enforcement of traffic rules. The number of cases booked has gone up by over 340% this year. The violators are being imposed fines and we also recommend to the Regional Transport Office for suspension/cancellation of driving licence,” the Commissioner said.
However, the general perception among the road users is that the enforcers in many cases were violators of road rules.
When Mr. Davidson found a police personnel entering the CPO on a motorbike without a helmet on Thursday, he instructed the police personnel manning the main gate to note down the registration numbers of such police personnel. “I have asked our officers to send challans to those violators to put an end to such a practice,” he added.
Similarly, those from the general public who come to the CPO for various reasons would not be permitted into the CPO premises if the two-wheeler riders did not wear a helmet. “We have not allowed any motorbike with the rider not wearing the helmet inside our office today and this will continue. Some of them parked the vehicles outside and walked into the office,” a police constable said.
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