Key Points
Bengalurus traffic isnt just a headache, its a job threat.Imagine this:you navigate the gridlock for an hour, somehow reach work,and then your boss hands you a traffic challan instead of that increment letter...
This is the Bengaluru polices answer to the citys infamous traffic troubles naming, shaming, and treating citizens like badly behaved children.The cops seem to have taken a detour through school parent-teacher meetings for this road safety solution, but these tactics are likely to go nowhere fast...
But the experiment isalready in motion,starting with Bengalurus east division.Two-wheeler riders on the wrong side of the road are getting pulled over, ID cards are being scrutinised to identifytheir employers, and these detailsare being dispatchedto the traffic management team.And.
In metropolitan cities, cabbies, auto-rickshaw drivers, and gig workers follow their own set of traffic rules, making and breaking them at will while the police look on...
The cops raised their concerns about how these companies structured payments to gig workers based on timely item deliveries, leading them to often flout traffic rules.. Nothing seems to have changed on that front..
