The traffic department installed the ANPR cameras to tackle the menace of overspeeding and racing. On December 31, 2017, the cops used the cameras to penalise 7,600 motorists in Mumbai for speeding
A month after the Mumbai traffic police installed hi-tech cameras for automatic identification of overspeeding violators, motorists say the system suffers from too many glitches.
Several motorists say they have received e-challans based on data from the automatic number plate recognition cameras, which have been installed at 150 junctions, despite not being at the spot or for vehicles that they don't own.
The traffic department installed the ANPR cameras to tackle the menace of overspeeding and racing. On December 31, 2017, the cops used the cameras to penalise 7,600 motorists in Mumbai for speeding.
"I have never exceeded the speed limit than 50-60 km per hour but still I received an e-challan recently. There was no evidence also. I tweeted about it to the Mumbai police but got no reply. So I paid the amount," said Sanjay Chaturvedi.
A traffic department officer, who did not wish to be identified, said there were a few technical glitches in the new system which were resolved quickly. In one such case, the cops have reversed two e-challans which were issued to a motorist.
"The cameras have been calibrated repeatedly to detect the vehicles exceeding the limit of 80km/h. The issue of wrongly sent challans would be immediately addressed after the motorist send their complaints to multimedia.traffic@mahapolice.gov.in," said the officer.
"I have never exceeded the speed limit than 50-60 km per hour but still I received an E-challan recently by the police. There was no evidence also. I tweeted the Mumbai police to complain about it but got no reply so I paid the amount," said Sanjay Chaturvedi, a motorist,
Bhaven Shah said he was penalised for no fault of his. "I received an e-challan on January 19 for over speeding at BWSL but the fact that the evidence given by the police is of no BWSL. I have requested them to take reversed the charges. I had earlier received the challan for speeding that I paid but this time I did not over speed on BWSL or at any other place."
Another motorist, who identified himself as Manish, did not even receive any evidence for the challan issued against him, but it was reversed after he cited the anomaly. "I got e-challans twice in a week on Bandra Worli Sea Link even though my car was not exceeding the speed limit of 80 km per hour. Apart from that, there was no supporting evidence given. I mailed the police and they reversed the charges."
‘MINOR GLITCHES’
- Traffic officers said there were a few technical glitches initially but they were resolved
- The cops have reversed fines in 2 cases
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