Stringent traffic rules in the capital

April 8: Delhi High Court has ordered to implement new traffic rules and regulations which will be enforced from April 9. From Monday, the citizen in the capital city will have to follow several revised rules otherwise pay hansom amount as fine and may also find serving in jail.

With the increased population and urbanization, managing traffic in the capital is really a herculean task.

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High traffic volumes have increased the frequency of road accidents. Traffic violation cases are also increasing every day and it has forced the authorities to come up with stringent rules.

Violators will now have to pay a minimum fine of Rs 500 and various other traffic guidelines will come into effect as per the Delhi High Court orders. Using cell phones while driving, tinted windows, overstepping traffic lights, illegal parking, over speeding, using wrong lanes are some of the areas that the traffic police will focus upon at present.

The new guidelines also prescribed speed limits depending on the regions and number of driving lanes. The court has stated that money collected as fine should be used to improve traffic infrastructure. Delhi traffic police is also planning to install video cameras in order to monitor the volume of traffic in different areas and also nab the offenders.

Court has also made the fastening of seat belt as mandatory; smoking, using cell phone and taking liquor while driving have been strictly prohibited. Now traffic police will punch the driving license of the person every time he or she violates the rules and on the fifth instance the same (license) would be cancelled.

For all bus drivers, including the state run DTCs and Bluelines, wearing uniform and carrying identity cards has been made compulsory. The guidelines further instruct not to carry passengers more than seating capacity and disallow extra passengers other than driver and the conductor. Also maximum 3 buses would be allowed at a bus stop at a given period of time.

So far as fine is concerned, it has increased with Rs 2,500 for over speeding, Rs 900 for drunken driving, for changing lanes Rs 600. A from an intersection point may earn a fine of up to Rs 1,500 to the violator.

The court has played its part and now itâ??s the duty of traffic police to ensure proper enforcement of these regulations. Still it will take some time for people to become aware of these changes.