Drivers having their License even after many accidents
Posted on: 18/Dec/2012 2:58:45 PM
Even after making many accidents the drivers with various vehicles self as well as rented vehicles having their license without any interruptions.A total of 218 driving licences were suspended at the behest of the traffic police`s recommendations in fatal accidents, but none of the 140 motorists whose licences it recommended be cancelled by the department have been taken off the road. The department has, in the past three years, cancelled the licences of only two of the 478 motorists that the traffic police recommended action against.
While in the same period, only 12 motorists lost their licences for drunken driving though the traffic police sought action against 391 people. "We cannot cancel licences suo motu. We so only after a court pronounces its final verdict in each case," a transport official said. The city has more deaths in traffic accidents than any other in the country. According to traffic police statistics, 1,390 people died in road accidents in Chennai so far this year. Delhi and Bangalore are a distant second and third, with Chennai recording 40% more deaths than either of the other metros. We are taking precautionary methods to handle the problem more effectively.
