NPR cameras help Udupi police curb traffic violations

Udupi: Udupi district police have generated 2,700 traffic violation e-challans in about 45 days, using technology-driven enforcement, and have also significantly reduced violations.The district police commissioned automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras at six key locations in the district on May 21. Since the cameras became operational, speeding by two-wheelers, three-wheelers and light motor vehicles and several other violations have fallen drastically compared to the first week of its commissioning.Udupi SP Hariram Shankar said that 40%-70% reduction has been observed across all major categories of traffic violations since the implementation of the ANPR project.

In the first week from May 21, police had detected 40,175 cases of speeding violations by two-wheelers, three-wheelers and light motor vehicles. Meanwhile, the number of violations reduced to 14,364 (64%) between June 29 and July 6. The number of seatbelt violations reduced from 15,575 to 6,561 (58%) during the period.

The number of cases pertaining to riding two-wheelers without helmets reduced from 12,440 to 5,070 (59%) and the wrong way driving violations reduced from 4,050 to 2,441 (40%), while the number of triple riding violations reduced from 3,174 to 1,036 (67%), speeding by heavy motor vehicles saw a drastic decline from 3,170 cases to 997 cases (69%) during the period, the SP explained.

“With the increasing volume of vehicular movement for effective traffic management and to strengthen the traffic law enforcement, ANPR have been installed under public-private partnership. The ANPR system automatically detects and captures the details of vehicles, including the ownership and type of violation. Based on the recorded violations, e-challan notices are generated and served to the registered owners of the vehicles,” he said.Appealing people to adhere to traffic laws, the SP said the police would strengthen the law enforcement measures to prevent accidents, and to ensure safety of travellers.