Consider the new format for two-wheeler learner’s licence. It says one can ride a gearless bike with engine capacity of not more than 50cc.
The law is an ass, says a character in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. But in Mysore, law-biding citizens are being made asses by law.
Consider the new format for two-wheeler learner’s licence. It says one can ride a gearless bike with engine capacity of not more than 50cc.
Transport authorities seem to be ignorant that manufacturers have long back stopped producing 50cc vehicles. All makers of gearless bikes have switched over to 70cc vehicles. But transport authorities are still clinging on to the 50cc regime. This has created problems for learners and beginners with the police and transport officials.
“There appears to be a nexus between RTO and traffic police. A day or two after RTO issues learner’s licence to bikers, traffic police stop them to check their documents and slap a hefty fine on them for riding a 70cc vehicle. This way, learners become their easy prey,” said Ramachandra Shastry, a resident of Vijayanagar.
Shastry’s daughter was caught by traffic police at Ramaswamy Circle just two days after a learner’s licence was issued to her.
In another case at Siddiah Circle, Nikhil Gowda was caught for the same reason by the traffic police. When his father Nanjappa Gowda contacted RTO officials, he was told that his son had violated the law.
“I think it is a ploy to force the beginners to break the rule so that they can milk them or their parents. The transport officials have to correct this flaw in the law or else we are going in for public interest litigation against the department,” Gowda said.
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