Mumbai's traffic police have compiled a list of people who are recklessly driving on the road. Following this list, the Mumbai Traffic Police has now decided to collect fines from these 'rash' drivers for their e-challans.
Mumbai-based Maruti Ertiga and Hyundai Verna cars have the highest number of e-challans. As many as 150 e-challans and a fine of ₹1.52 lakhs, while 110 challans and a fine of ₹1,10,000 have been collected in the name of the owners of these vehicles. The reckless drivers on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai are on the radar of the police. Moreover, 70 to 150 e-challans were issued in the name of these drivers.
In third place is the owner of a Honda City car from Malad. A challan of ₹80,000 is in the name of this person. Following this are the owners of Renault Duster and Honda Jazz in Kandivali who have been fined with ₹72,000 and ₹71,000 respectively.
According to the police, the maximum penalty is for over speeding. In comparison, cases of illegal car parking or parking the cars in no-parking zone and lane cutting are relatively low.
According to sources, the traffic police said it will be very difficult for the police to recover the fine. As in some cases, the RTO's penalty is almost the same as the value of their vehicle. Often cars are sold from one vehicle owner to another. However, there are few cases where the owners do not drive in their own vehicle.
The RTO sources said that they are yet to receive a total penalty of ₹317 crores on e-challans.
In a media release, the Joint Commissioner of Police Yashasvi Yadav said, "We will contact 50,000 drivers with e-challans from our control room. If the owners of these vehicles do not pay the penalty on their e-challans, the licenses of such drivers will be revoked."
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