Mumbai traffic Police to issue e-challan to track down repeat DUI offenders
According to reports, around 700 people were booked for DUI on New Year's Eve.
The Hindu quoted JCP (Traffic) Milind Bharambe as saying, "We have observed that a fine of Rs 2,000 is no longer a matter of concern for most people, and that many of the offenders are repeaters . We are currently digitising our records of drunk driving offenders and will be issuing e-challans to offenders from this month. The e-challan will be linked to our computerised database and will immediately identify repeat offenders. If we find that a particular offender has been caught three to four times, we will put this fact in front of the court and appeal for a punishment of at least one or two days behind the bars for offenders for whom repeated imposition of fines seems to have no impact.”
"If a person is penalised by the same traffic chowky more than once, it can be easily found out. However, if a person fined by the Colaba chowky earlier is caught by the Dahisar chowky the next time, it becomes more challenging for our personnel to find out," Bharambe added.
Bharambe urged for a change in attitude and said "The thought that ‘it is easy to get away with driving under the influence of alcohol’ needs to be changed. This is what our anti-drunk driving campaign has been targeting."
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