Thursday, 12 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The enforcement team of the Dehradun regional transport office (RTO) has started impounding mobile phones of traffic rules violators besides imposing penalties. The regional transport officer (enforcement), Sandeep Saini said that distraction caused due to using mobile phones while driving or riding a vehicle has resulted in many major accidents and fatalities in the district in the past few days.
“The enforcement team on Wednesday took strict action against such traffic rules violations and seized 13 mobile phones of drivers and two-wheeler riders,” stated Saini. Besides this, the team also penalised 63 drivers and riders for traffic rules violations like overspeeding, invalid permits, no driving licence and for not wearing helmets among others, informed Saini.
He said, “Traffic rules violations put the life of the driver as well as other people on the road at risk. We hope people will be more careful while driving and follow traffic rules after observing strict actions taken by the authorities.”
