Companies now receive lists of traffic infractions their employees have committed from the police. The Bengaluru police have begun informing businesses about the traffic infractions committed by their employees as part of an innovative campaign to increase awareness about road safety and traffic laws.
About 15 days ago, the project was launched in Bengaluru’s east division on an experimental basis. First, employees of IT companies who rode two-wheelers on the wrong side of the road were flagged down by traffic police officers. They forwarded a list of infractions to every business.
The Mahadevapura traffic police division, which is in charge of Bengaluru’s information technology corridor, is now conducting the drive.
Inspector Ramesh R of the Mahadevapura traffic police stated, “We are only testing this program to see if the riders become more aware of road safety and traffic laws. As part of the campaign, we look up the violator’s company on his identity card when we apprehend him. The businesses and tech parks under our division’s purview are communicated with by the traffic department. We use WhatsApp to forward the list of riders’ infractions to the businesses. Not spot fines for infractions, but online challans are also issued by us.
“We don’t send any personal information; instead, we send the number of violations that employees of a company have accounted for,” he continued. We advise the business or the tech park’s head of security to schedule a time to educate people about traffic laws and road safety. We also advise them to summon the police for a traffic laws lesson. The initiative’s sole goal is to make sure that everyone abides with the law. In this manner, the staff members will become more aware of traffic laws and consider their actions before breaking them.
To manage traffic appropriately, the traffic department collects data on a daily basis regarding the number of private vehicles that enter tech parks along the IT corridor.
“I am not sure how much effect the initiative will have, but it sounds like a deterrent,” stated Manas Das, head of the Outer Ring Road Companies Association. The campaign will only be partially effective if the employer addresses the employee directly for the infraction and holds a discussion about it.
The police launched an operation on Thursday to target cars that were transporting more students than was permitted. During the drive, 1,400 cars were inspected and 708 cases were booked across 48 traffic police stations. Of these, 29 more vehicles, 134 Omni vans, 201 other vans, 97 autorickshaws, and 247 buses have overloaded tickets under the Karnataka Motor Vehicles Act.
