In a unique option to create consciousness about highway safety and visitors rules, the city police post shamiana (marquees) at 22 checkpoints within the town, where visitors offenders were temporarily detained on the New Year's Day. Police body of workers performed widespread Tamil songs at the venues and even distributed cakes to the offenders.
More than 1,000 police body of workers were on accountability on the night. About 30 cops and volunteers were deployed at each and every checkpoint arrange at places such as Lakshmi Mills Junction, Codissia Road Junction, Chinthamani Junction, Race Course, ARC Junction on Mettupalayam Road and DB Road. They stopped motorists, who were not wearing helmets and asked them to wait underneath the shamiana. "We caught 350 motorists, who were not wearing helmets. A few of them were drunk. Groups of youth were caught for rash driving. All of them were kept under the shamiana, where a team from the Kasturba Gandhi Memorial De-addiction, Rehabilitation and Research Center in Coimbatore conducted awareness sessions on alcohol addiction," inspector of police (visitors -west) KV Sadhasivam informed TOI.
Police neither registered cases nor collected nice from the offenders. After the awareness session, the offenders were let off round 1am on Monday. City police commissioner K Periaiah visited the DB Road checkpoint round 12.30am, where he reduce a cake along side police body of workers and the detained offenders.
More than 1,000 police body of workers were on accountability on the night. About 30 cops and volunteers were deployed at each and every checkpoint arrange at places such as Lakshmi Mills Junction, Codissia Road Junction, Chinthamani Junction, Race Course, ARC Junction on Mettupalayam Road and DB Road. They stopped motorists, who were not wearing helmets and asked them to wait underneath the shamiana. "We caught 350 motorists, who were not wearing helmets. A few of them were drunk. Groups of youth were caught for rash driving. All of them were kept under the shamiana, where a team from the Kasturba Gandhi Memorial De-addiction, Rehabilitation and Research Center in Coimbatore conducted awareness sessions on alcohol addiction," inspector of police (visitors -west) KV Sadhasivam informed TOI.
Police neither registered cases nor collected nice from the offenders. After the awareness session, the offenders were let off round 1am on Monday. City police commissioner K Periaiah visited the DB Road checkpoint round 12.30am, where he reduce a cake along side police body of workers and the detained offenders.
Traffic offenders celebrate New Year with cops
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