You can get yourself a pizza, plane ticket or biryani home delivered, the Goa Traffic Police have now decided to send notices for traffic violators to their homes via the post.
This is to avoid traffic jams say police. It comes in the wake of increased traffic rule violations, including fancy number plates, cellphone usage while driving, use of tinted glasses, riding without helmets or seat belt violations, that often go unpunished.
SP (north) Bosco George said, “In Goa, if a policeman stops a four-wheeler, it hurts the ego of the ‘so-called’ law abiding citizen, many of whom start dropping names to get away. To avoid this, we have decided not to stop four-wheelers.”
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is it feasible??
Sending traffic violations by post may be the way forward but is the system equipped for such a battle, which is very flawed unless the infrstructure is put into place first .
Across europe the police can get details of any vehicle at the tap of their keyboards in the patrol car,giving them detail of the owner ,history and driving convictions and any outstanding offences.
There also is a point system in place wherein if you exceed a set number of points in penalties you lose your license.i know people who drive around with no license or expired ones.
Then the question of people changing their addresses and not letting the registration office know about it is another issue because of the lenghty time involved in doing the same.And is the postal system ready ensure that they get delivered timely? i'm still waiting for a letter to reach its destination 4 months on!
It seems like the police are trying to hide themselves from confrontation and allow the name dropping to go on, rather than tackle the issue head-on.
Isn't the police force an autonomous body ?
So why should they bow down to big names and not uphold the law which is the oath they took?
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