The City Traffic Police (CTP) has launched a special campaign under which motorcyclists without ‘safety helmets’ would be checked and fined.
According to City Traffic Officer, (CTO) Rawalpindi Taimoor Khan, City Traffic Police on the directives of the Deputy Inspector General of Traffic, Punjab had launched a grand operation to check the use of safety helmets by bikers.
He informed that on the first day of the campaign, during the checking of motorcyclists, CTP issued 350 challan slips to those not wearing safety helmets.
He said the 35 motorcycles of several violators were impounded in different police stations.
He said, all the Inspectors and Beat in charge of different circles had been directed to check those flouting the rules and not wearing safety helmets while driving motorbikes.
Special checking was being conducted on main roads, particularly on Murree Road, Mall Road and Peshawar Road, he added.
A special enforcement campaign against various violations of motorcyclists especially focusing on compulsory use of safety helmets had been launched, he added.
