Drive against violation of road rules
The Transport Department during a recent drive against violation of road rules on arterial and feeder roads in Coimbatore, Erode and the Nilgiris districts had registered cases against 238 vehicles.In a release, the Deputy Transport Commissioner, T. Gunasekaran, said that during a two-day drive conducted at eight places across the circle such as Coimbatore South, North, Mettuppalayam, Pollachi, Tirupur, Udhagamandalam, Erode and Gobichettipalayam, the officials intercepted 1,472 vehicles and issued check reports for violations in respect of 238 vehicles. Of the total number of cases registered, 28 pertained to educational institutions, 121 goods vehicles, two mini buses, 51 against omni buses, eight against maxi cabs, three against autorickshaws, 10 against non-transport vehicles and 15 cases against other vehicles.Of the cases registered, the major offences included overloading of goods and passengers, exceeding the height ceiling in loading goods, exceeding the speed restriction, driving without licence, plying vehicles without pollution under control certificate, without fitness certificate, using dazzling headlights and air horns, violation of permit conditions and five vehicles were detained for serious violations.The authorities collected a tax of Rs. 1,60,724 and a compounding fee for the violations to a tune of Rs. 1,16,000 besides proposing a compounding fee of Rs. 1,04,600 to be collected by the respective registering authorities after adhering to procedures such as serving of notices and obtaining of explanation.
