Traffic violations continue unabated on B'luru -Mys highway

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Road safety seems to hardly matter if you have a super highway where you can whizz away at electrifying speeds. As per traffic officials, over 100 traffic violations were recorded every hour on the Bengaluru-Mysuru National Highway after the installation of the AI-based cameras.

In the last 28 days, a total of 74,915 traffic violations were captured by these 22 cameras installed on both sides of the 118-km stretch, they added. Additional Director General of Police, Traffic & Road Safety, Alok Kumar said the recording of over 74,000 offenses in just 28 days shows negligence on the part of people towards road safety, and a disregard for their own lives and those of others.

As per the reports, the highest number of violations pertained to drivers and co-passengers not wearing seat belts which accounted for 57,057 cases, followed by 10,945 cases of overspeeding, 6,046 cases of lane violations, and 494 cases of using mobile phones while driving.

Owing to an increase in accidents and to curb traffic violations on NH-275, the traffic police installed AI-based Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras at six spots in each direction. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) also installed video cameras at five other spots in each direction and set a speed limit of 100 kmph.

These high-resolution cameras can capture traffic violations. Despite the presence of cameras, commuters on the highway continue to break rules and cross the speed limit, leading to accidents.

Car drivers were the highest traffic violators for not wearing seat belts, overspeeding, and lane violations, followed by heavy goods vehicles, including KSRTC and private buses. All offenders will be issued notices. The cameras also capture night-time violations, such as drivers not wearing seat belts.

In a few days, real-time notifications will be sent to drivers’ phones after their violations, the ADGP added. He added that fines should be immediately deducted from the FASTag accounts of violators as their vehicles exit the tollways.