Mysuru city recorded 10 fatal accidents in June

MYSURU: Negligence on part of riders and drivers caused 10 fatal accidents in Mysuru city in June. About 58 people were injured in the same month.
A youth coming from Chamaraja Wadiyar Circle on a bike was hit by a car coming from the opposite direction near Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Circle (Old Hardinge Circle) in the first week of June. He was injured badly in his head and was bleeding profusely when he was shifted to a hospital nearby.He died three hours after the road accident.
According to police, the youth wasn’t wearing a helmet. An officer said since head is the heaviest part of the body, it is vulnerable to injuries during road accidents. Wearing helmet can prevent injuries to the head, he added.
Krishnaraja traffic police station reported four road accident deaths, while Siddarathnagar, Narasimharaja and Devaraja traffic stations reported 3, 2 and 1 deaths, respectively. VV Puram traffic police reported no fatal accidents. In May, VV Puram had witnessed five fatal road accidents.
City police commissioner K T Balakrishna, said, “We have stepped up inspections and special drives across Mysuru to bring in discipline among road users and thereby reduce fatal deaths. We have been focusing on violations. Even triple riding and vehicles without number plates are in focus.”
New fine rules
With new traffic fine rules coming into effect, police are likely to shift focus on speeding, using mobile phone while riding, wrong parking and dangerously driving on city roads. For all these offences, fines have been increased to Rs 1,000 from mid-July.
In June, about 1,603 were booked for using mobile phones in Mysuru city. The highest violation was reported in KR traffic police limits.
Police also booked 3,780 owners of vehicles for parking in wrong places and 414 for causing obstruction to drivers. Until now the fine amount was only Rs 100, but with the revised fine rates, wrongdoers will have to shell out ten-fold.
44 cases of speeding
A month after TOI reported that police have not booked any speeding cases in May; cops have booked 44 cases in June. Due to lack of interceptor vehicles, cops couldn’t check the violation. Following a TOI report, policemen on bikes were tasked to check speeding in the city. As a result, they booked 41 cases while the other three were registered by NR traffic police.