Govt to issue new guidelines to address traffic violations: Report

The authorities might suspend a driver’s license if they fail to pay their traffic e-challan within three months. Similarly, if a driver receives three challans in a fiscal year for reckless driving or jumping red lights, their license could be seized for a minimum of three months, reported “The Times of India.” These are a few of the steps the government intends to take to curb irresponsible drivers after it was discovered that there was widespread non-compliance and only 40% recovery of e-challan amounts, which are fines for breaking traffic laws. According to section 136A of the act, advanced technology including speed and CCTV cameras, speed guns, body-worn cameras and automatic number plate recognition systems must be deployed to improve traffic management and law enforcement. The government will provide drivers and owners a one-time window of three months to confirm and update data on the Vahan and Saarthi websites to address the persistent problem of people changing their addresses and mobile phone numbers without updating authorities.