Bengaluru: Drivers tend to cut corners need to be considered.
Bengaluru City Traffic Police prepared to bring back 250 mannequin police on the road.
Donning Police Traffic Uniform Khaki and White, complete with reflector jackets, boots and sunglasses, lifelong mannequins are seen as an effective way to prevent riders from solving rules.
The model was introduced in the city in December 2019 at that time the Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao.
They are placed at a busy intersection, in addition to educational institutions, where vehicles come to drop or pick up children tend to stop carelessly, make congestion.
The scenery near the police played an important role in making rid of motorists sticking to road regulations, said a traffic police officer.
However, when the pandemic broke out and a locking was introduced in March 2020, the doll was removed from the intersection and was placed in detention safe from various police stations.
Now, with normaly returning and educational institutions began to operate, the police anticipated high traffic flow and felt it was the right time to reintroduce mannequins.
Commissioner with Police (Traffic) BR Ravikanthe Gowda said: “Mannequin is very helpful in controlling traffic.
Now, we will bring them back to the earliest phase.
We will need it after the traffic flow increases.” According to data on the Department of Transportation, the number of vehicles The city crossed 1 crore in 2021, up from 34.9 lakh in 2009.
“Given the number of vehicles on Jalan Bengaluru, it is difficult to spread the police at every intersection.
We put the dolls to ensure motorists think they are real police and follow the rules, “Other traffic police officers said.
“We may need more mannequins in the future.
They will soon have a built-in camera to click on the movement and traffic violations.
Using these images, we can track traffic violations.
In fact, this mannequin can be useful in adopting concepts Contact enforcement without contact, “explained the officer.