150 Mumbai Motorists caought for violating traffic rules

In an on-going drive against the motorists for violating various traffic rules, the traffic police booked 150 motorists for drunken driving at various places in Mumbai on Tuesday night, said DCP (Traffic) Nandkumar Chougule of Mumbai Traffic police.

Sixty three motorists were sent to simple imprisonment for drunken driving, while 62 motorists' driving licences were cancelled by the court.

Besides drunken driving, the traffic cops registered offences against 1,264 motorists for parking their vehicles in 'No Parking' areas in Mumbai.

351 two-wheeler riders were booked for not wearing a helmet and 238 were booked for not wearing ISI-marked helmets. Chougule added that 105 auto rickshaw drivers and 55 taxi drivers were fined for fare refusal.

The special drive is being conducted at various junctions in Mumbai since December 23 by the Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Vivek Phansalkar as an effort to curb drunken driving, rash driving, speeding, no parking and jumping traffic signals.