Mumbai: The latest notification of the fines of the revised depiction for traffic violations is also related to public transportation, and fine has been more than double the automatic driver and taxi driver, passenger, excessive passengers, plying without badges and bus conductors not to stop the bus.
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For example, a naughty Auto and Caali-Peeli taxi driver fills more than rates permitted or won a tariff meter or meter that does not function can withdraw a fine, which is now increasing from Rs 200 to Rs 500, officials said.
Fines not to have the right public service vehicle authorization badge (PVSA), provided by RTO to Kaali-peeli drivers and autorickshaw and permit holders, has increased 10-fold.
“For those who do not have the right badge, a fine will rise from Rs 500 to RS 5,000,” said a senior RTO official.
For autos, taxis or private taxis that display ads without permission from the transportation authority, which are revised is Rs 500 according to new notifications.
Also, car drivers and taxis have been disqualified to hold or get a SIM and have been found to drive a vehicle, a fine has now risen 20 times – from Rs 500 to 10,000 Rs, he added.
For anyone who drives a transportation vehicle without a valid fitness certificate, a fine rises from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 and for the second violation of Rs 5,000, the source said.
“This will ensure that the vehicle is in a good running condition and through a mandatory annual fitness test,” said a transportation expert.
The Commissioner of the State Transportation Avinash Dhakne said the goal of having a fine was to ensure better road safety and enforce traffic discipline.
The fine will also be forced on passengers.
For example, a fine to stand on a bus footing has increased from Rs 200 to RS 500.
Another fine violation of the RS 500 includes bad behavior with the best staff, smoking in public transportation and traveling without bus tickets.
Now, a truck that is overloaded on the highway to attract RS 40,000 Definition is a great violation on the highway, and now has trucks and truck owners must pay each RS 20,000 – a large fine of RS 40,000 collectively – the highest for this violation in Maharashtra , According to a revised fishered penalty for traffic violations.
The perpetrators must pay an additional Rs 2,000 per tonne overloaded and to burden the vehicle in front of RTO officials.
While the transportation association welcomes a large fine because of being overloaded is a serious crime, they say higher than a fine, higher corruption by law enforcement officials.