Hyderabad: Around 95 per cent of the violations in the city are for high speed/dangerous driving. Some challans are pending since May 2018. One T Subba Reddy's vehicle number AP28CJ2688 has 100 challans with a fine of Rs 1.01 lakh, mostly for dangerous driving offences. It was spotted on several occasions in the ORR and in the traffic police limits of Shamshabad and Vanasthalipuram.
For every over-speeding/dangerous driving offence, a motorist is penalised Rs 1,035, including service charges. According to the traffic police, as per the rule motorists who have more than three challans are sent legal notices. In January, the police had caught a vehicle owner with more than Rs 1 lakh challan. Off late vehicle-owners have been turning up to pay a penal amount after the court warned of jail for those with over 10 pending challans, said a senior official.
When asked, Additional Commissioner of Police (traffic) Anil Kumar told The Hans India that the department keeps calling the violators reminding them to pay the challans. The process is regularly taken up in the call centre. "Every day we call about 500 people who have more than five challans pending on their vehicles. We also take up regular searches at field level, as our personnel carry tabs to identify such repeated violators and collect the penal amount," said Kumar. He said the department also sends legal notices to those with high challans pending on their vehicles.
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