Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Sunday 24 December 2017

But How Will You Collect ?




Hindustan Times ( 23 Dec ) carries following news :




“ House panel okays bill to increase your traffic fines by 10 % every year “



A parliamentary panel has agreed to a 10% annual increase in the fines for various traffic violations including drunken driving, talking on mobile, rash and negligent driving.

Drunken driving — one of the main causes of deaths in road accidents in India — will invite a fine of Rs10,000 from the existing Rs2,000. Talking on mobile phones while driving will result in a fine of Rs5,000, up from the present Rs1,000. For red light jumping, driving without seat belt/helmet, the proposed fine is Rs1,000.




Annual increase in traffic violation fines ( just like annual salary increments ? ) , is a good idea



But , in case of that Salary Increment , if the boss forgets to grant , employee will remind him every day and not leave him alone till it is given !



When it comes to paying traffic violation fines , it is just the other way around !



Example :



In Mumbai , some 800,000 drivers got e-challan through SMS ( for jumping red light signal ) , asking them to pay up the fine



But only 50,000 paid – with rest developing an amnesia !



Now the traffic department has to resort to delivery of paper challans through couriers !



I have a feeling that the new rules will meet similar fate !



Unless , the traffic department implements my following suggestion / blog :




The best way to ensure “ Instant Punishment “ for any – and ALL – kind of Traffic Violations , is to :

·         Remove human intervention in the process of punishing

·         Immobilize the vehicle ( kill the engine / motor ) using remote sensing , till fine gets paid

24  Dec  2017
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs



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