997BOOKED FOR DRUNKEN
DRIVING IN BANGALORE ON 5TH APRIL NIGHT
The Bangalore City Traffic Police, in an attempt to put a check
on drunken driving, on Saturday night booked cases against 997 people across
the city, and recommended suspension of their driving licences (DLs).
The special drive was carried out after a weeklong awareness
campaign on the need to drive safe. The special drive was held between 9 p.m.
on Saturday and 2 a.m. on Sunday. In the 112 check points across the city,
13,231 vehicles were checked. As many as 997 drivers, who had alcohol content
beyond the permissible of 40 mg in their body, were booked.
“The highest amount of alcohol content in the body of one
offender was 550 mg”, a statement from the police said.
Among the 997 first-time offenders, four are women. The police
confiscated the DLs of the traffic rule violators, and recommended suspension
of their DLs to the Transport Department.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) B. Dayanand said the
booked offenders include 719 two-wheeler riders and 178 car drivers. While the
provision to cancel licences of the first-time offenders always existed, it was
rarely invoked and cancellation of DL was applicable only to repeat offenders.
However, due to increasing incidence of drunken driving, the traffic police in
co-ordination with the Transport Department officials invoked the provision in
motor vehicle rules as a deterrent measure, a senior police officer said.
The offenders booked for drunken driving have also been booked
for rash and negligent driving. Apart from confiscating their DLs, their vehicles
were also seized. While the offenders have to get their vehicles released after
paying fine at the jurisdictional magistrate court, the DLs have been sent to
the Regional Transport Office concerned with a recommendation to suspend them.
Depending on the gravity of the case, the Transport Department
officials will decide on the duration for which the DL will be suspended.
Previous cases, if any, against the traffic rule offender concerned may also
determine the duration for which the DL will be suspended, according to an
official. The duration for the suspension of the DL may be for the duration of
three to six months. And, the offenders will have to apply for a fresh DL
later.
Prof. John Kurakar
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