KOCHI: The Kochi city police have begun the crack-down on those flouting traffic norms with over 200 people losing their driving licences for drunk, rash and negligent driving in the city during February. Though cases were registered against 432 people, only half of them had their licences suspended. Most of them were booked by the police and the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) for drunk driving, speeding, using mobiles while driving and flouting traffic norms. The cases were later handed over to the MVD and 213 licences were suspended after the hearing. Of the 213 cases, 60 per cent were for drunk driving and 20 per cent were for using mobile phones. The remaining were for speeding and disobeying traffic rules. “We had called as many as 300 people for hearing before suspending their licences. They will have to wait for a few more months to even apply for a new licence,” said Road Transport Officer T J Thomas. The licence of those booked for rash and negligent driving would be sent to the MVD within three days and the person concerned will be called in for the hearing within a week. The action would be taken in another week. The MVD is planning to implement a system wherein every time a person flouts a traffic norm, his or her licence would be punched. The licence will be suspended after three punching. The system will be launched in two or three months. Amendments Soon Meanwhile, the police officials said amendments to the Motor Vehicles Act will be made once the order from the State Government in this regard is out. “Stringent action will be taken by the police and the MVD. We want our roads to be safe for the people to travel. The amendment is expected to decrease the number of road accidents,” the police official said.
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