School managements express challenges in introducing alcometers. It was a Sunday morning. Parvati, a middle-aged working parent sat down with her morning coffee and picked up the day’s newspaper. As she flipped through the pages, she nearly choked on her coffee when she read an article reporting the arrest of 16 school bus drivers for […]
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Kumbalgudu residents have a tough time navigating the junction under the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway due to lack of traffic police and traffic lights. Residents are having trouble crossing the road at the Kumbalgudu junction under the Bengaluru-Mysore expressway flyover. With no traffic lights, students, workers and commuters run across the road amidst heavy traffic, including buses […]
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Study shows that constant exposure to dusty and unhealthy environment triggers several lung diseases in the traffic policemen in Karnataka. Air pollution and high level of Particulate matter (PM) are adding to the problems. Unhealthy road conditions, dusty job environment and constant exposure to high levels of air pollution are causing breathing difficulties among the […]
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The number of vacancies for traffic policemen in the city increased from 309 posts in November 2022 to 642 in August 2023. Vacancies in Bengaluru Traffic Police have resulted in a low traffic personnel to vehicle ratio. Bengaluru is a category ‘A’ city, which requires one police personnel for every 700 vehicles, according to a […]
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Bengaluru Traffic Police said that the resumption of use of breathalysers resulted in a sudden increase in the number of cases. Bengaluru City witnessed a five-time increase in the number of drink and drive cases after the resumption of use of breathalysers at the end of 2021. The use of breathalysers was discontinued for almost […]
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The city recorded 95 drink and drive cases during special drives conducted on Sept. 18 and 19, 2021. Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) BR Ravikante Gowda ordered a restart of drunk driving testing on Sept. 18, 2021. Gowda said that licenses of those caught would be considered for cancellation by the transport department. Further, he […]
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Lack of dedicated spaces at the metro station means that citizens have to park their vehicles on roads which causes more congestion all over the city. Bengaluru: Bengaluru Metro is for all citizens except for the ones who use a vehicle to get to the metro stations. Commuters travelling to the metro stations with their […]
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Proper use of technology and artificial intelligence could be a solution to the city’s traffic woes. However, major junctions of the city are yet to get high-resolution CCTV cameras to capture commuters and motorists breaking the laws and APNR cameras as well as multidirectional infrared and colourless laser sensors. By Neetu Saini Traffic police can […]
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Traffic police fail to enforce the ban on tinted glasses after six years By Arghyadeep Dutta Despite the Supreme Court’s ban six years back, 13878 cases are been reported by Bengaluru Traffic Police against illegal black-tinted glasses in cars in 2019 till August. The Supreme Court of India in 2012 had said that use of […]
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Cab drivers have been booked for more than 45,000 traffic violations in September 2019. They blame the intense pressure to complete more trips a day. Nikita Arora Cab drivers in the city are being regularly booked for traffic violations. They, however, feel that app-based cab companies are to blame since they put them under pressure […]
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