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Dangerous motorcycle riding

2016

The Times of India, May 24 2016

2,400 challaned for violations on Shab-e-Barat  Delhi Police challaned 2,412 people for various offences during Shabe-Barat on Sunday night and sent notices to 3,100 for dangerous driving, apart from seizing 112 vehicles. The challan figure was three times more than 2015.

This was the first time when no fatal accidents were caused by the unruly drivers.Police have more than 100 hours of video footage to identify bikers involved in hooliganism. Large teams of policemen were deployed around the approach roads to the Chexagon of India Gate, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Lodhi Road and Jor Bagh.

Fines of Rs 1,000 were issued for riding without helmets, triple-riding, dangerous driving, skipping a red light and drunk driving. Chase and challan teams were deployed to curb speeding and flouting lane rules. Violations were reported around Delhi Gate, ITO, Connaught Place and Nizamuddin. Police had hired videographers to record the behaviour of drivers through the night. “Violations caught on camera would be analysed and action taken accordingly,“ said a senior police officer.

Special arrangements were also made in Trilokpuri, Jamia Nagar, Usmanpur and Jaffrabad to avert communal tension. Teams of Rapid Action Force and Border Security Force were also deployed.

A group of bikers heading towards Connaught Place rammed into a barricade on Janpath. One of them was riding without a licence and the motorbike was seized. The riders whose bikes were impounded will have to attend a counselling session by a religious leader from the community .

In one instance, bikers played Good Samaritans when they helped a family out of a car that had rammed into a truck in outer Delhi around 12.15am. Police said they would be rewarded for this act.