One-third of traffic rule violators in Coimbatore alone had paid fine

The Hindu

13-05-2025

Only one-third of the traffic rule violators in Coimbatore had paid the penalty while two-third of the violators are yet to pay the fine.
The Coimbatore City Police had installed Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras on almost all the roads and these cameras used to capture the number plates of the violating vehicles and challans are generated. In addition, traffic cops used to take pictures of violating vehicles.
So far from January 1, 2025 to April 30, 2025, as many as 1,32,733 road rule violation cases totalling ₹12,81,13,100 fines were imposed of which ₹4,25,69,700 alone had been remitted. The remaining two-third of violators have been issued challans and are dodging from paying the penalty.
Of the total violators, 21,284 driving licences had been placed under suspension. Of these violators, owners of yellow colour number plate (tourist cabs, trucks, private buses and omni buses) do turn up and pay the penalty yearly. But, the own board vehicle owners (those with white number plates and black letters) either turn up and pay the penalty when they turn up for renewing the fitness certificate of the vehicles or when they sell their vehicles.
Of this category, even if they sell their vehicle, they don't change the ownership of the vehicle, especially two-wheelers and four-wheelers, and the penalty remains unpaid.
City Police sources said that they are aware of the problem and discussions are on how to overcome this.