Driving Licence: If you drive a car or bike, be careful! Traffic rules have become more strict from this new financial year. If you already have some pending challans and you have not paid them yet, then it can cost you a lot. Under the new rules, your driving license can be confiscated. What are the new traffic rules? Take a look.
DL confiscated for 3 months
With anaim to punish traffic rule violators for not paying the fine on time, the government has introduced a new, strict solution. If you have pending e-challan amount for the last three months which has not been paid, then your driving license can soon be suspended by law enforcement agencies. Also, if you have 3 challans for jumping red signal or dangerous driving in a financial year, then your license can be confiscated for at least three months.
Only 40 percent of challans recovered
This strict rule has been brought in because the government observed that only 40 percent of the e-challan amount has been recovered. The strict laws will not only put your driving license at risk, but sources say that the government is devising a strategy that plans to add higher insurance premiums if there are at least 2 pending challans from the previous financial year. Now, some vehicle owners have not paid the fines due to late alerts or wrong challans. For such cases, the government plans to come up with a comprehensive standard operating procedure, which includes minimum specifications for cameras and sending alerts every month to vehicle owners or drivers about pending challans until the payment is made.
Lowest recovery rate in Delhi
This is mainly due to the low recovery rate of challans. As per published reports, only 40 percent of all e-challans issued are recovered. Looking at the state-wise recovery rate, Delhi has the lowest recovery rate at 14 per cent, followed by Karnataka at 21 per cent and Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh at 27 per cent. Maharashtra and Haryana have the highest recovery rates at 62 and 76 per cent, respectively.