Hyderabad: Over 200 vehicles are found to be plying on Hyderabad’s roads with more than 50 challans. With the limit of 15 challans being the cut-off, traffic police can seize a vehicle for anything more. Recently, vehicles with over 100 challans were seized.

According to road safety experts, e-challans should be issued to people who are made aware of its rules and regulations. This will avoid the accumulation of challans

Out of the 200, 129 were said to be 2 wheelers with over 100 challans that mostly belong to delivery executives another 50 belong to auto drivers followed by 4 wheelers, trucks and private cars.

Most drivers try to escape the law by either covering up their number plates. This makes numbers not c=visible thus giving them an escape from traffic cops or cameras. Over 20,000 cases of number plate tampering had been booked last year.

“If a person is caught with over 15 challans during contact enforcement, we book a case and seize the vehicle,” deputy commissioner of police traffic-1, LS Chowhan said. “The offender should visit cthe ourt. Many even tamper with number plates to avoid the challans. But we are conducting special drives. If we find vehicles have over 15 challans, we book a case and the likelihood of getting imprisonment is higher.”

A challan represents a violation or traffic offence, so this means if there are people on the roads with more challans, it makes the roads even less safer for both the offender, and other commuters..

“The government should not allow accumulation of over five challans,” Hyderabad-based traffic activist Kiran Kumar Goli said. “If so many challans exist and a fine is not paid within two months, the government should send a warning through email, SMS or letter to the vehicle-owner. If the fine is still not paid a month later, the government should seize the vehicle and cancel the owner’s licence. The action can depend on the reason for challan (not having a helmet or unsafe driving like jumping a red signal or speeding). For example, accumulation of just two challans should be allowed for speeding/signal jumps as these are serious offences. The traffic department should come up with a policy,” he added.

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