Mangaluru: The city traffic police have traced nearly 12,000 traffic violators to whom the traffic challans were sent by post from 2017-18, but had returned with recognition as ‘recipients not found’.
In the past two months, almost 2000 challans had returned.
Traffic police are now through images captured by CCTV cameras in the center of traffic automation and registering traffic violations.
Using vehicle information provided by the State Transport Department, Traffic Challans sent to violators by post.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M A Nataraj said that in addition to ordering case cases, traffic police through images captured by CCTV cameras installed in important places.
Police use applications that help know the actual post address of RC owners and teams have formed at the station level to track offenders by visiting the address.
“If we don’t manage to browse the perpetrators, vehicle records like that remain in our database.
Every time the vehicle like it comes, alright collected in place by officers.
Every traffic officer from ASI and ACP has a handheld device and during routine checks , old case details are also available, “he said.
All these offenders come from countries and most live in the city.
In the absence of the integration of the state system and the Central Transportation Department, the traffic police did not send traffic challans by post to vehicles registered in Kerala and other countries.
The fine associated with the vehicle was collected in place.
Police, on average, ordered around 500-600 cases of traffic violations per day.
Meanwhile, due to software disruption, about two years ago, there were chaltan cases issued several times to the same perpetrators, at the same time.
Such cases were closed after seeking permission from the city police commissioner.
People can reach the nearest police station or officers on duty at the intersection, who will look at him, ACP said.
Lady from Mudipu claimed that 16 notice was sent to him for traffic violations in 2020-2021 and allegedly asked to pay Rs 11,500, the police had convinced to see this problem.