The driver of a school bus, openly flouting traffic norms, was driving on the wrong side of the Delhi-Meerut expressway when he rammed head-on into a car, which was on the right side of the road. Six of the eight occupants in the car are now dead. Meanwhile, the bus driver’s violation was caught on multiple CCTV cameras, but he was not fined or stopped. This accident took place in the Ghaziabad area, where fines issued for wrong-side driving in the first two months of 2023 alone made up 50% of all traffic violation fines issued in 2022. The question is – is it time to bring back the high fine law in order to prevent accidents like these?
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Driver must be drunk
Yes, a very Indian phenomenon. One can only appeal to drivers' better sense
Police and politicians were exploiting common people during covid while rich and powerful weren't even asked for license.
For example, the traffic police who stopped Dhoni for tinted glass was punished and transferred.
Imprisonment only punishment for drunk or bad driving that causes death or injury
Such Ghost driving is a major reason for road accidents and deaths
The amount of fine does not matter, it's the implementation of the fine. Increasing fines only helps the enforcers and violators get into a mentality to pay/receive bribes. The higher ups should work on a setup to ensure enforcement of current fines.
Laws should be stricter imprisonment and licence revoked if one breaks the traffic rules
Dude wrong way should be a crime
Yes please đź‘Ť
Fines for jumping lights, speeding, driving without license and driving on the wrong side should start at Rs.5,000. Looks like BJP has forgotten Gopinath Munde……
What does RTO do except taking bribe??
There are other ways to curb these violators. Why was the bus not stopped when it was traveling for 6 kms? Why did any cop did not stop? Why are the CCTV meant for? Stop charging fines, seize the vehicles, arrest/jail the violators, wrong side murders. You media need a reasons to start a debate which is absolutely useless.
When the Government has decided to loot the wealth of the common man to fill the pockets of filthy rich billionaires, it will make the common people to believe that levying heavy fine for traffic violations is the only way. Develop infrastructure instead of looting hard earned money of common men….
Time to bring back the huge fines fine but guard the person who issues it . If the officer who initiated the fine cannot stand it out , defend his action with actual reproducible proof on being challenged , questioned then he or she should be fined 5 times the fine declared . This will not allow fine-'dadagiri' and all will be well .
Driver and the bus owner must be tried under ipc 302….
Common on Indian roads… who cares about rules.. cops are crooks…
All Prayers with departed soul, but not sure how did car didn't see bus coming till last moment
What traffic police doing?
An accident in such a huge road where 5 light vehicles and 3 heavy vehicles can pass each other easily and an accident… It's a shame for people having these kinds of huge roads when there are some regions in some parts of the country where vehicles pass each other with utmost difficulties and very less case of accident
Allways vehicle go wrong side this high way .
It will be easier for violators to give bribes if fines are high.
100% bus driver wrong
This will never stop in India, too many low IQ people.
Fine donot work, arrest will work. Like USA, collection of fine is only lotting the people. Arrest will make difference publicly arrest for 30 days
This driver of the bus should be sent to jail for life. He was driving wrong side of the road in fast lane.
Six people lost life because of this man. He needs to go to jai
Very last moment SUV sees bus. Its bus driver fault who is took wrong side RIP
Its a routine on meerut expressway where people drive wrong way to save a few kilometers . The problem is more on the exits and service roads. The police is in hand with these people as they're close to business owners .
i have faced this type of idiots in a EXPRESS HIGHWAY (not 1 vehicle there was a 3 to 4 car n bus n trucks in line an times it has been happed) Bengaluru Mysore express highway ,in first place how corrupted the RTO is by issuing license to this people (we should create awareness the no people should forget the rules )