Caught driving on the wrong side in Delhi? You could face an FIR

In a first for the Capital, the Delhi Police has registered two FIRs for traffic violations related to driving on the wrong side of the road. While one of the FIRs was filed at Delhi Cantonment police station on January 3, another was registered at Kapashera police station on Monday — both under BNS Section 281 (rash driving) and relevant sections of the Motor Vehicles Act.

The FIRs were registered by Traffic assistant sub-inspectors posted at their respective traffic circles.

“I was on traffic duty at Slip Road towards Hanuman Mandir Red Light in Delhi Cantt, at about 04:45 pm. I was managing traffic on the road coming from T-1, when a vehicle… was coming from the wrong side at high speed, carelessly and negligently, due to which people had a lot of trouble in driving there… I informed about this on 112 (helpline) , after which the police came to the spot,” the traffic policeman posted in Delhi Cantonment was quoted as saying in the FIR.