HC traffic directive: Challans from July 25

The committee has already prepared a long list stating broadly the departments to be involved for enforcement of various decisions of the High Court. On Tuesday, say sources, the duties will be delegated.

Beginning today, the City traffic police and the Traffic Warden Cell have started a special drive to educate motorists on compliance of the High Court directions. Tomorrow, at 60 points all over the City, police personnel and traffic wardens will distribute 10,000 pamphlets listing the directions to be complied with, a senior police functionary told Newsline.

Once the challaning begins, special emphasis would be laid on a few directions, beginning with enforcement of wearing of safety helmets (approved by ISI) by all two-wheeler riders including women and pillion riders, barring Sikhs wearing turbans. Vehicles with tinted glasses or those using power or musical horns, escort vehicles and pilot cars of VIPs not adhering to traffic rules, would be prosecuted, according to police sources.

Other areas of focus would be challaning vehicles fitted with red or blue lights without authorisation slips from the government, challaning persons driving without valid licences and impounding their vehicles, and implementation of one-way traffic in Sectors 17 and 24 and outside certain schools during opening and closing hours, police said.

The other directions of the High Court include punching of a driver’s licence for every violation committed and cancellation of licence after five violations, challaning motorists not stopping at zebra crossings, making it mandatory for vehicles to carry first-aid boxes and maintain road-worthiness, no parking on any unspecified area and no overtaking on the road starting from the crossing of Sectors 22 and 23 up to the S.A.S. Nagar barrier.

Besides, school buses will not be allowed to exceed the 50 km per hour speed-limit and all school buses should have drivers and conductors well-versed in traffic norms, sources say.