Pune: A little more than a year since the closed circuit television camera (CCTV) was installed to monitor the length of the length of the Pune-Mumbai Expressway, almost three lakh vehicles found high-speed norms in the high-speed corridor.
The Safety Highway Patrol (HSP) said it caught 2.98 lakh riders who accelerated the stretch of Kiwale to the old Amrutanjan bridge place and collected RS29.85 Crore Hospital in a fine.
The wrong vehicle includes cars, trucks and buses, HSP officers said.
Light motor vehicles (LMV) and heavy vehicles are needed to maintain a speed of less than 100kmph and 80kmph, respectively, in high-speed corridors.
Every violation of this speed norm is interesting RS 1,000 fine.
Accelerating has been identified as a whole as the most common cause of serious accidents – often fatal in a high-speed corridor of 95 km.
From July 2020 until this month, 36 people lost their lives in 34 accidents on this stretch, the authorities said.
Last July, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), which controlled the freeway, and non-government organizations save Life Foundation install 11 speed monitoring cameras at vantage points, such as 52km long stretching.
This camera is associated with HSP center control room in Urse – responsible for sending challans online to offensive vehicles.
“This camera has facilities to record and analyze the speed of moving vehicles,” said Sanjay Jadhav, police supervisor, Hsp Pune, said.
“Every point has six cameras that cover all six pathways in Pune and the Mumbai corridor,” Jadhav said, added, “it has been observed that accelerating by LMV drivers and heavy vehicles is one of the main reasons for the accident on the toll road.” Jadhav said LMV generally driving At high speed and tend to follow heavy vehicles, move slowly on toll roads, on service paths.
“The shoulder lanes is intended for parking vehicles if an emergency occurs, and the driving vehicle collides with stationary vehicles.
Most people who die are in such a vehicle,” Jadhav said.
“This is our goal to avoid accidents caused by speeding,” he said.
Apart from this CCTV camera, the police also use highway interceptor vehicles to capture and smooth vehicles that constantly change the path and excessive speed.
This vehicle has a high-speed laser weapon to assess the speed of the vehicle.
A senior MSRDC officer said, “Every day, around 38,000 to 48,000 vehicles crossed the toll road in both directions.
However, the number declined in the last 18 months because it was locked.