Man with 40 pending traffic violations made to clear dues

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: While cracking down on traffic violators in the Thalaghattapura Police Station limits, a biker with a long pending history of traffic violation cases against him was caught by a cop.

It was revealed that the man had not paid the pending fine on his vehicle and was asked to clear all his dues on the spot which totalled up to Rs 12,000.

A picture of the man holding a long copy of the challan, standing next to a police officer, was shared by the official social media handle of Thalaghattapura Traffic Police Station.

The traffic police wrote on X, formerly Twitter, "Total 40 pending cases cleared Rs 12,000."

The picture received mixed responses from netizens with one such user asking, "Is he feeling so proud to have achieved that number?"

A few other users commented that the driver's licence of the person must be cancelled for repeated offences.

"With due respect ... collection of fines is not really your job...unless you think it is. Should you not recommend to the RTO to cancel his driving licence with immediate effect? Perhaps he needs counselling. Otherwise, you will post another photo with him next year too," a user said.

"And yet there is no regret on his face. BTP should really up their game of putting hefty fines and as regularly as possible. People should be scared to commit the mistake," the user added.

Another user also questioned whether the picture was taken with his consent.

She wrote, "Public humiliation is a good thing in some cases. Why wasn't his DL revoked way before 49? Did he consent for this picture to be on Twitter? I assure you there are better ways to do this."

The Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP) recently introduced an Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) in the city to detect traffic violations and issue challans to the violators.

The AI system will detect violations of the speed limit, jumping the signal, riding without a helmet, triple riding and using mobile phones while driving.