Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Transport traffic offences

Mobility with safety is the guiding principle for the Meghalaya Traffic Police. To achieve this, the action plan rests on four pillars or ERER i.e. Education, Regulation, Enforcement and Road Engineering. Challaning (Enforcement) is the last priority and has to be undertaken as some road users violate traffic rules endangering safety of others.

Police officers of the rank of Sub-Inspector in Meghalaya Traffic Police and above are authorized to compound certain traffic offences. If a person does not choose the option of compounding or the officer is not competent to compound the traffic offence, challans are sent to Traffic Challaning Branch. A period of 14 days is given to the person to pay the compounding fee at the Traffic Challaning Branch. Thereafter, Challans are sent to the Court. Compounding amounting for the various offences is given in the table below.

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