The city traffic police have started a drive in a desperate bid to decrease the incidents of helmetless riding, which causes fatal accidents on the roads of Mumbai.
Accordingly, the Mumbai Police on Thursday, April 7, issued new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for two-wheeler motorists in order to crack down on helmetless drivers.
In a YouTube video shared on Mumbai Police’s page, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic HQ) Raj Tilak Roushan said that in a bid to root out such offenders, the necessary SOP has been put in place to ensure that the violator learns his lesson.
In the last one month, we have fined over 75,000 bikers for driving without helmets, he added.
Mumbai commissioner Sanjay Pandey had announced in his Facebook Live session that riding without helmets is dangerous and that he had given instructions to register FIRs for rash driving against the offenders. Post discussions, it was decided to not register FIRs but have an SOP in place.
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