DNA ( 18 Nov 2016 ) carries following news
report :
" Now, pay more for
every traffic offence "
Part of the report reads ,
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Soon, you will pay escalated charges for
repeating a traffic offence which may eventually lead to suspension of your license.
The state home department, which is working
on extending the e-challan project in all 26 municipal corporations of
Maharashtra, is set to introduce a Point of Sale (POS) machine.
The
machine will automatically show whether the offence has been committed for the
second, third or even more number of occasions by the driver, and will charge
an escalated penalty accordingly.
For too many offences, the government is
also proposing to introduce
* temporary
suspension of license,
* impounding , and
* cancellation of license.
Under this system offenders will have the freedom to pay by debit
card, credit card or take a printed challan and pay in cash or challenge it in
court.
Senior home department officers further said that in the current
system of violators being fined by the traffic police on the spot in physical
mode is time consuming and cumbersome.
"It also does not show record of how many violations
are done by a particular license holder.
Under the e-challan facility, CCTV surveillance system is set up
at traffic signals and the cameras are linked to the main control room.
If traffic rules are violated, the pictures are captured on the
camera. Based on the pictures, a letter seeking penalty for traffic norm
violations is sent to the person concerned.
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One more example that NDA ministers listen to the suggestions of ordinary citizens and
implement the same , if found good
I hope , someday soon , Shri Nitin Gadkariji , will
implement the rest of my following suggestion , sent to him ( as Email ) , 2
months back
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Monday, 22
August 2016
No doubt , you have seen these words painted behind many trucks
in India
But Transport Minister , Shri Gadkari says : HORN NOT OK !
Times of India ( 17 Aug 2916 ) carries a news report titled :
" Gadkari wants to silence horns "
It goes on to quote Shri Gadkari :
" Honking and using pressure horns is a big menace on
our roads. Only rules and regulations can't address this problem . We need a
change in behavior and mindset of drivers "
Last week Shri Gadkari introduced a bill
which will impose on the erring ( honking ) drivers , a fine of Rs 1,000/-
A repeat offence will attract a penalty of Rs 2,000/-
Shri Gadkari added :
" The central law will create an enabling framework for the
enforcement agencies to use these provisions for reining in violations
The enforcement agencies must also do their job with sincerity
and must not use these provisions for making a quick buck "
Apparently Shri Gadkari is all too aware how this law will get
abused !
And prey , in a traffic of hundreds of vehicles passing any
road-crossing every minute , how will the policeman on duty decide " WHO honked ? "
Will not , on-the-road arguments / disputes ( Where is the proof that I honked ? ) end
up in " It is your word against mine " ? And bring the traffic to a
halt ?
Shri Gadkari thought of automatic toll plazas , where each passing
car would be embedded with an RFID chip
Even as the car slows down just slightly for CCTV cameras to
read the Car Number and transmit it to a Central Server , the toll amount gets
deducted automatically from the prepaid
RFID chip !
No need for a human attendant to collect payment , no waiting in
a queue , no arguments !
Why can he not just mandate all car / truck manufacturers to
pre-install a RFID based SCADA chip in
their vehicles which will flash the car number of the honking car, on the Mobile
Phone of the nearest policeman ?
No arguments !
And instant / automatic penalty deduction thru Mobile Wallet details , embedded in that SCADA chip !
( Some of these data will need to be entered into the chip by
the Vehicle Dealer at the time of sale )
But then nothing stops Shri Gadkari to tell the
vehicle manufacturers :
" What we need is a TRANSPORT
REVOLUTION
To bring that about , each SCADA chip must get
hard-coded with full details about that vehicle , such as :
* Type of Engine ( Petrol /
Diesel / Electric etc ) with CC / KW capacity and Engine Number
* Make / Model / Year of manufacture /
Sitting Capacity etc
* Anything else that you ( the Manufacturers
) can think up of , which will ultimately lead to sharing of
AUTONOMOUS CARS / BIKES and help reduce
individual/personal ownership. for a vastly underutilized asset "
This will enable the Transport Ministry to " Acquire " a
variety of Data , to keep track of the
following
dynamically :
* No of vehicles on our roads
at any time / any place ( Traffic Density )
and their direction / velocity for better
traffic control . Delivered through a
Mobile App ( called, DIVERT ? ), this will help motorists in commuting
* Amount of Emission Gases being injected into the atmosphere by all
the vehicles and each vehicle .
Every time any vehicle fails to
meet BHARAT VI emission
standard , its Vehicle No will flash on the Mobile
Screen of the nearest Policeman , who
will pull it aside and immobilize it till set right !
* Which vehicle got involved in an accident , when , how , where and may be
, even " why " !
* Which vehicle honked when / where
I am sure , readers will come up with a list of other benefits
Much easier than trying to change ,
# Mindsets of drivers
# Temptation of trying to make a quick buck
For a change , instead of following, can we think of leading the
World ?
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21 Nov 2016
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