No peak hour checking; Only drunken-driving checks on Ring Road Mysore/Mysuru: As promised to the citizens of Mysuru by City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta, new people-friendly policing, combined with awareness, would come into effect from Apr. 1. The Police have taken this step following intense criticism by the general public and elected representatives after the…
Beware! You will be photographed while violating traffic rules
July 6, 2020Devaraja Traffic Police begin ‘Photo Clicking Drive’ Traffic Cops who click highest number of photos to be awarded prizes Mysore/Mysuru: Those indulging in various traffic rules violations such as jumping signals, triple riding and faulty registration plates among other violations and thinking that they can get away without being noticed, should now think twice as…
Hotel creates awareness on traffic rules
September 10, 2019Mysuru: The steep hike in the traffic penalties has sent shock waves among the public. Those who had taken the rules lightly have now begun to panic and are seen running helter-skelter to ensure all documents are intact to avoid being penalised. Many have taken to social media to create awareness among the public. Apoorva…
Traffic violators hit with hefty fines
September 7, 2019Mysuru: As announced yesterday, the City Police this morning started the implementation of hefty traffic fines on violators as stipulated in the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019. Several offenders were caught off guard in busy junctions where Policemen lay in wait to catch offenders. The drive began across the city at around 11.15 am and…
Friendly Enforcement Drive by Traffic Police to create awareness among violators
November 18, 2017Mysuru: The City Traffic Police Department embarked on a friendly checking drive to educate the vehicle drivers to follow the road rules. The drive titled ‘Operation Cheetah,’ organised by the Traffic Police and Law and Order Police was launched yesterday. This special Friendly Enforcement Drive was held between 12 noon and 2.30 pm. Cops from…
Traffic woes near schools: Depute School Traffic Wardens
July 28, 2017Sir, With reference to the traffic issues at schools published in this column (SOM dated July 25), I would like to add some more points on the safety of school children at their schools. As suggested by the reader, the Traffic Wardens Organisation (TWO) in association with city Traffic Police are organising traffic awareness programmes…
Bring in road discipline by booking traffic violators
May 29, 2017Sir, Mysuru city traffic is in a real mess. Riding two-wheelers with 3 or 4 persons, rash driving, speeding on the wrong side, jumping the signal, riding side by side talking loudly inconveniencing other road users and so on have become a common sight. What is shocking is overtaking from left side on cross roads….
Caution needed at road junctions
May 29, 2017Sir, According to the Rules of Road Regulations, Section 118 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), all the drivers of motor vehicles shall slow down when they approach a road junction, pedestrian crossing or a road corner and shall not enter any such intersection, junction or crossing until they become aware that…
One-way rule violation, a serious issue
May 22, 2017Sir, Nowadays it is very common to see violation of one-way rule on city roads. It is also seen on prominent and busy roads at the city centre, even at night times. One-way rule is imposed to avoid inconvenience to road-users, especially vehicles, when the road is very narrow and the sign boards are also…
Motorists not following the signals, but the vehicle ahead!
April 9, 2017Sir, This is in response to the letter by Raghu on questioning the existence of zebra crossings in the city and ignoring red traffic signals by many vehicle-users (Star of Mysore dated Mar. 22). As per my observation, vehicle-users are not stopping on red signal because they are not observing (seeing) the traffic signals. Instead…
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