At last City police found a solution for increasing number of accidents. Drunk driving on cities on New year eve is a common thing but it is highly danger sometimes there exists a few number of accidents for this over speeding.
The city police have informed that the details of traffic violators on New year will be kept in the Commissioner’s office and if the violator applies for passport “No Objection Certificate” (NOC) will be denied.
“Since most of the traffic violators on New Year eve are youngsters in their early and late 20s, we believe this announcement will act as a deterrent,” a senior police officer said. Unruly motorcyclists have been a recurrence more often resulting in fatal accidents and grievous injuries on New Year day.
Most of the accidents on New Year’s eve are reported between 9 pm and 3 am, a police officer noted adding that all flyovers and bridges in the city will be closed for traffic from 11 30 pm on December 31 to 3 am on January 1, 2018.
“Public is supposed to use service lanes under the flyovers,” the officer added. Accident prone stretches in the city have been identified such as Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR), East Coast Road, Kamarajar Salai and the roads would be heavily barricaded with blinkers. City police have planned to put up 176 vehicle checkpoints and about 3,500 traffic personnel would be deployed on duty across the city. Service roads along the city beaches – Marina and Elliots – will be closed for traffic and separate parking spots will be allotted, police said.
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