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Accompanied by an intention to make it more acute against roving adventurously two-wheeler drivers as well rash motorists, Mumbai traffic police have collected a fine of over Rs 3.95 crore since January present year. Furthermore, DCP (traffic) Pratap Dighavkar disclosed that the police have introduced strict action against rash-driving, signal-jumping, lane-cutting and over-speeding by vehicles.

In fact, it was known from  the senior police official in Mumbai yesterday that they  have collected a fine of Rs 3,95,63,800 in all of these cases since January to August this year. In 1,313 rash-driving cases, Rs 1.75 lakh has been collected as fine.  Dighavkar said that as many as 62,194 cases of signal jumping took place and a fine of Rs 54 lakh was collected. He added that a fine of over Rs 4.50 lakhs has been collected in various incidents of lane-cutting (5,209) and dangerous driving (3,328 cases). Declaring responsibility over the increasing number of drunk-driving cases, the official expressed that two-wheeler drivers were more violating in such cases.

He added 6,584 two-wheeler drivers (65 percent) were booked for drunken driving cases out of the total 10,167.  He continued saying that major locations in the metropolis where motorcyclists perform stunts during late night include Marine drive in south Mumbai, Worli sea face (central Mumbai), Carter road and Band Stand in suburban Bandra, Oshiwara back road, Western Express Highway (WEH), and Eastern Express Highway (EEH).

Avoid traffic violence not just to keep away from fine but also to keep away from exposure to dangerous chance of mishap.

Because, money would go and come again but not life!

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