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Interview:
‘Our penalty points are a big

deterrent to traffic offenders’

Hyderabad City has taken many remarkable
initiatives for road safety and traffic

management. Dr V Ravinder, JCP-Traffic,
Hyderabad City Traffic Police tells Preeti

Swaminathan his many plans to bring a method
to the madness on the roads

Do tell us about some of the traffic integrate into our existing signal
technology initiatives adopted by system for signal timing optimisation.
the Hyderabad City Traffic Police. It helps in automatically adapting to
Hyderabad Traffic City Police is going the timings in various arms and the
for total technology interventions. So, green or red light changes as per the
we have brought in, for the first time traffic volumes.
in the country, total non-contact and Secondly, the system detects
cashless challan system. In this system, violations like red-light signal jumping,
we do not stop the driver for traffic stop-line jumping and wrong-side fined or issued challans but points
violations. We only take photographs driving. It also recognises number too get added against their names.
of the violator and the system plates and automatically generates Once 12 points get accrued against
automatically generates challans challans on violations. his/ her name, his/ her license gets
which are sent to their addresses. The system helps in priority suspended for one year. If after
The violator can make payments tracking, so ambulances & fire revocation for one year, he/she
through different payment gateways brigade are automatically identified accrues 12 points again, it leads to
like eSeva, Mee Seva and through net and then green signal is given in the suspension of their license.
banking. It is totally online. corridor. It also gives information to We are also counselling people who
The other thing that we brought VMS boards or wherever there is a get three or more penalty points. We
in for the first time in Hyderabad are congestion, and automatically sends educate them to stop violating the
the body-worn cameras which have messages to VMS boards to take traffic rules, making them understand
changed the behaviour of our staff different alternate routes. It also that once they reach the 12 point
and the drivers who used to get into helps drivers and commuters to take mark, their license will be cancelled.
arguments when they were probed alternate routes during big events, The violators are also provided
for violations. We have been using it like Ganesh processions, to reach their another facility. If they undergo
for the last one year in the City. The destinations. training in defensive driving or in
tool has brought transparency in the Is something being done to driving schools recognised by the
system, increased accountability, and improve behaviour on the roads? government they will have a chance
reduced arguments & corruption. We have begun penalty point of reducing three penalty points. This
We will be launching Intelligent system in Hyderabad city from facility is also mentioned in the rules.
Traffic Management System very August 1, 2017. Like in developed So it facilitates the people to ensure
soon. Algorithms are developed to countries, the violators are not only their licenses are not cancelled. The

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