Drive against motorcyclists launched

Hazara Police prohibit the sale of petrol to the motorcyclists without a helmet

ABBOTTABAD: Hazara Police on Monday started a drive against underage drivers and prohibit the sale of petrol to the motorcyclists without helmet. On the directives of the Deputy Inspector General (DIG)  Hazara region traffic police has started a massive drive and issued 370 challans to underage drivers, those driving without a helmet and one wheeling motorcyclists.

Motorcycles: Convenient but deadly

Abbottabad Traffic Police issued challan to the 90 underage motorcyclists, 95 motorcyclists without a helmet, 85 involved in one wheeling and 100 for wrong driving and imposed heavy fines on them. In Mansehra, traffic police imposed a ban on the provision of petrol to motorcyclists without helmets and announce to take action against the petrol pumps that would not follow the instructions.  

Published in The Express Tribune, November 5^th, 2019.