Mangaluru: The traffic police embarked on a drive against fancy number plates not adhering to the Motor Vehicles Act norms in the city here, on December 1.
The traffic police of Mangaluru East and Traffic Sub-Division were seen in action at the Koti Chennaya Circle and Jeppu and have seized two vehicles.
Speaking to Mangalorean.com, ACP of Traffic Sub-Division Uday Nayak said that many people do not follow the traffic rules. One car was found running with the speedometer reading of over 9000 kilometers without a number plate. The car was seized and a penalty will be imposed on the owner for not completing the registration formalities and running the vehicle on road without a number plate.
Another car, registered in Maharastra, was being used in Mangaluru from the past 8 months. When the car was spotted on the Jeppu-Jerosa road, the traffic police stopped the car for inspection. The driver of the vehicle did not carry any relevant documents. Later, the owner of the car arrived at the spot and produced the necessary documents.
A two-wheeler without number plates was also seized. The Mangaluru North Traffic Police under the leadership of ACP Uday Nayak registered 61 cases and collected Rs 7000 penalty.
The traffic police of Mangaluru East registered 75 cases and collected a penalty of Rs 7500. Speaking to mangalorean.com, Police Inspector Suresh Kumar said, “This will be a continuous process. We are trying to bring awareness among the people to follow the traffic rules. We are inspecting vehicles for defective registration plates. Fancy number plates are not allowed on any vehicles. We will remove those fancy number plates and a penalty of Rs 100 will be imposed. We will continue this process in and around the city. Anyone driving motor vehicles with registration number plates that do not conform to the specifications will be penalized.”
He further said that displaying single, double or triple digit numbers are not allowed. Zeros will have to be added before the number to match four digits, i.e 0001 or 0011, 0123, etc.
Many of the ministers and government officials have single or double digit number plates on their vehicles. They should hence forth comply with the traffic rules and replace their number plates accordingly.
Sub-inspector Shivakumar, PSI K Ramachandra, constable Vijay Shetty, Dayanand, Taslim Arif and Padmanabh K and were also present.
Kudos for Carrying the news on defective Number Plates. I think it is necessary to Put an article as to what a legal number plate is. The rules are attached herewith. it should be however noted that all number plates yesterday were defective either because of the Fonts, or were stickered on to a plastic Plate or were not complete. for Eg: KA19E5 is not the Number. it is KA19E0005. What is interesting to note is that in TN, the IND Plates sold in Karnataka have been declared illegal and through my interaction with a few cops i have learnt… Read more »
in Continuation to what I have said earlier: The Number Plate dimensions and Size of Fonts are specified in The MV Act (Rule 50, 51 of MV Act, 1989). Plastic/ Fibre Number plates, Number plates with names of Gods, Kids, Families, Designation, Fancy lettering, Vinyl Cutout Lettering (words such as ‘Govt of India UT’ or official Designations ) are all not legal. The Number Plates that are legal need to be either embossed or Painted. the IND Number Plates which are supposed to be High Security Plates that are sold in Karnataka are actually held to be illegal and tantamount… Read more »
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT IF THE NUMBER PLATES ARE ISSUED BY RTO OR A RTO APPROVED VENDOR WHO IS DIRECTLY MONITORED BY RTO SO SUCH A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY DOESNT HAPPEN.
Fancy Registration Number Plates The Traffic Dept. must issue one and the same design, font, and color number plates at the time of Registration to all vehicles, 2-wheeler, 4-wheeler, or 6-wheeler, etc. This can be done by outsourcing to a reputed workshop, that fabricates number plates. Charges should be On-Cost basis. PROBLEM SOLVED – All other countries practice it, why can’t India? Wearing Safety Helmets: why only Students, the ones those are not students too die everyday in Udupi and Manganlore, due to lack of a safety helmet. All countries practice SAFETY HELMET a must for 2-wheeler-3-Wheeler Rider as well… Read more »
It’s funny how they are telling us to abide by the sudden roar of a new number plate rule which was there in the books for a while but not being practiced. But anyways it’s funny to see all the government and cop vehicles still roaming around with fancy or stickers number plates…
The law setter must show themselves as a good role model for others to follow.
Hope this number plate rules apply to the police department as well as other officials, ministers etc etc…. Sunfilms are banned here and the comman man is stopped and fined for use of it but most of the ministers and other officials vehicle run with sunfilms… According to the SC nothing can be stuck to the glass having any %VLT …. In fact I saw the mayors new Innova getting tinted! So whether it’s a light shade o dark sunfilm is a sunfilm itself and rules apply to all! Why is that only comman people gotta follow this?
The very purpose of number plate is to identify a vehicle. And so the number plate needs to be of a fixed size and design. Most people choose to go for a sticker since it is cheap. Others want it fancy. In my opinion, the most secure and clearest is the ones like Speedex number plates. This is supposed to be the RTO’s job. The RTO must themselves print the number plate and install it on to the vehicle during registration process and Include this charge in registration fees. This is the format followed in most countries. This way the… Read more »
For us in UAE, number plates are issued by the RTA so there us no dispute whatsoever. We can also get fancy plates, if we pay more. In Mangalore unfortunately, there is lack of knowledge and absence of mechanism therefore our traffic police suddenly wake up and issue fines instead of clearly issuing guidelines and grace period to make the changes.
dont worry guys, they catch only once a year. go back and put the same board. i am sure you guys can afford.
the revolution is round the corner. sab maaya hey
Also please fine the lorry drivers who drive continuously on speed lane in one way roads, tempting other vehicles to overtake from wrong side. Lane disciplane is rarely followed in India on highways.
what a fustration i have been caught up for a number plate (normal number plate well displayed with normal font) suddenly trraffic police stood up and fined me rs 100… how pathetic even in receipt he mentioned name of offence as side mirror (while i have side mirror) when i asked him aqbt this he started scolding … so many tym i have been caught no one has notified me with number plate , when i told him abt this he told for different health problem there is a different doctor ,,u dont teach us what to do…i said it… Read more »