E-challan machines: Handy tool to check traffic rule violation

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: Guwahati Traffic Police has gone high-tech with the use of e-challan machines that can detect the number of traffic rule violations by riders or drivers with precision.

Earlier, only a few e-challan machines were seen in a few DTO's (District Transport Officer) offices, that too, were not in proper use. However, now on such e-challan machines are set to be handy devices for traffic police personnel in detecting traffic violations and charging fines from erring riders or drivers.

Talking to The Sentinel, Guwahati Traffic DCP Pranjit Bora said, "E-challans are set to help us in keeping records of traffic rule violations by riders and drivers. In such machines we can get the entire traffic violation history of a rider or a driver after checking with this machine just by the car or bike number. This device will be greatly handy in charging multiple fines from drivers for committing the same traffic rule violation repeatedly. We can hope such devices will help reduce traffic rule violations in the State. As of now, we've taken this as a pilot project for Guwahati only. We've already trained our personnel on the use of such machines."

When asked, a traffic in-charge of a police station in a busy locality in Guwahati said, "Sometimes we let riders or drivers go when they violate certain traffic rules. We can't keep the records of such violations with precision. However, e-challan machines will let us detect such cases as they can show the entire traffic violation histories of drivers."

The in-charge of a police station by the side of the National Highway said, "Traffic rule violations, mainly by truckers, are rampant on national highways. When huge amounts of fines will be charged for repeated violation of the same traffic rules, the drivers will have to restrain themselves. This may lead to fall in traffic violations."

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