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The Kochi metropolis constabulary connected Tuesday screened videos of autobus accidents for a radical of backstage autobus drivers successful the metropolis to rise information consciousness among them.
The constabulary went for the ocular evidence-based attack astatine a gathering of stakeholders convened to sermon mounting complaints against backstage autobus services. Videos of astir 25 caller accidents, captured by CCTVs connected the mishap spots and those installed wrong buses, from antithetic parts of the State were screened.
“The videos were screened connected a large surface with archetypal audio. The footage included accidents caused by carelessness of the drivers arsenic good arsenic the victims. Every ocular was cautiously analysed and the participants were sensitised astir however each incidental could person been avoided,” Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic West) Mohammed Nizar said.
The constabulary astatine the State level person been collecting CCTV footage of roadworthy accidents since past year.
Addressing the gathering, District Police Chief (Kochi city) Kaliraj Mahesh Kumar said a ample fig of petty cases were pending against backstage autobus services successful the metropolis and drivers were often not being liable arsenic autobus owners wage the fines. “Drivers should beryllium personally liable for the fines slapped connected them for postulation regularisation violations,” helium said. He said backstage autobus drivers should strictly support constabulary clearance certificates and deterioration uniform. The serviceman instructed autobus operators to support connected grounds details of drivers connected work regular truthful that recognition volition beryllium easier successful lawsuit of a constabulary investigation.
“Bus drivers should person much patience and work erstwhile it comes to information of pedestrians, particularly elder citizens,” helium said.
He said the practice betwixt the constabulary and the backstage autobus assemblage would beryllium strengthened to guarantee roadworthy safety. Police officers, representatives of backstage autobus owners, drivers and commercialized unions attended the meet.
