Most of the corruption and grudge complaints from common people are towards the traffic police department who are famous in collecting fines which exceeds many times the salary of their whole department which shows that the traffic cops don't have any respect in the minds of the common people....
Recently my friend, whose name is to be kept anonymous, had accidentally parked his new Karizma bike in a no parking zone in J.P.Nagar as the sign board was missing no one could recognize it was a no parking area, he parked and went to buy some medicine(thats wat he told me) - out of the blue came the "Tiger" sweet name for traffic toll vehicle from which two heavily built men came and just tossed the vehicle into the toll van even though my friend pleaded that he will pay the fine on the spot, guess what the police man didnt even listen to his plea. they couldnt have cared less and just left off with the intention cause they will lose their toll money. His new bike was so badly scratched that it was looking like a seconds old vehicle...
Nowadays it's a mystery to park vehicles in B'lore. Park your vehicles & when u come back it'll be not in the spot. Who knows whether it's the police who took it or some thief (Though there's no difference between both)
Agreed they put in lot of effort in regulating the traffic amidst hot sun or heavy rain (or however harsh the weather may be). The only complaint I have is that they don’t treat everyone equally. If someone doesn’t slow down but speeds away, these cops make no attempt to chase them and fine them. They don’t have the determination to make everyone (irrespective of their financial or social position) who breaks a rule to pay fine but need some bakras to cough up some money and usually middle class people traveling on two wheelers become easy targets. We hardly see any car drivers/RTC buses asked to pull over though truck drivers are targeted sometimes (probably because if couple of cars are stopped, there’ll be traffic jam…) Extremely rich people go Scot free, either because these cops don’t dare question them or the rich people easily scare these cops quoting their “high level contacts”. Extremely poor people are also eventually let free, because they have nothing to cough up. Only middle class people end up paying fine (or giving bribe).
well wat you should do.
- Keep minimum cash in your wallet. These people are also human and are kind enough. If you can show them that all you have is 70 rupees, chances are that they will take Rs 50, let you go. If you have several crisp notes (100's), it will be very very difficult to defend yourself or your money. Keep that extra cash elsewhere.
- Keep all papers (RC, Insurance, DL, emission etc) handy.
- Always agree to them. Don’t enter into heated argument. That will make things worse.
- Never reveal you’re in extreme hurry. These cops have no value for your time. Stay calm, wait for some time, your chances improve.
If you have no fault with you (you have all documents, not violated any rules etc) then there shouldn’t be a problem.
Please suggest any more tips __ comments and experience welcomed.
3 comments:
Was it your story ? Anyways I will remember that when I go to B'lore .But that doesnt make an sense because I can't drive .
Waise yaar sab ko pata hai police -public relations .
But live experiences make them careful. Good that you wrote a post even if it was all about you .
Why did u delete the last post .
There are better things in life to contemplate and write about.
Anyway on the other side you must think about the poor police man standing on the junctions just for us to reach our destinations faster. Try standing in one of the junctions for one hour with all dust, smoke and heat especially in the metros.
Personally I would salute all the traffic constables.
Just imagine you are in a rush to reach and some idiot parks a vehicle
without any road sense. so if we the citizens do all the things right it is better than to just point a finger on the poor cop.
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