Police launch campaign to promote road safety

Haryana Police has launched a special campaign to promote lane discipline and road safety across the state. The campaign will run till November 24.

The campaign aims to educate the public about proper lane driving while penalising violators to enhance compliance.

As a result of the concerted efforts of the Haryana Police in this direction, there has been a decrease of 662 road accidents and 278 deaths in road accidents from January to October 2024 compared to the previous year.

Not only this, 505 fewer people have been injured in road accidents during this period compared to the previous year.

Director General of Police, Shatrujeet Kapur, said that to reduce road accidents in the state, it is necessary that people follow traffic rules. He said that one of the main reasons for road accidents in the state is also the violation of lane driving. If people drive their vehicles in the designated lane, road accidents could be reduced.

He informed that under this campaign, challans have been issued for lane driving in Ambala, Panchkula, Kaithal, Sirsa, Faridabad, Kurukshetra, Charkhi Dadri, Nuh, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Karnal, Hisar, Yamunanagar, Jind and Narnaul districts so far. This special campaign will be run and challans will be issued in Panipat, Dabwali, Jhajjar, Rewari and Palwal districts on November 23 and in Gurugram, Sonepat, Hansi and Fatehabad on November 24.

Sharing the road safety data, he informed that from January 2024 to October 2024, challans were issued to 18,21,318 vehicle drivers for violating traffic rules. Similarly, 1,883 awareness campaigns were conducted by Haryana Police in 2024 to make people aware of traffic rules, in which 2,63,259 people participated. Under the awareness campaign, people are made aware of lane driving rules in schools, villages, dhabas, truck unions, and factories in the state. During this time, they are given detailed information about the rules prescribed for heavy and light vehicles.

Additional Director General of Police, Traffic and Highways, Hardeep Doon, informed that letters have been written to all Police Commissioners and Superintendents of Police giving necessary directions regarding the work being done on lane driving. Apart from this, SPs and DSPs have also been directed to monitor the campaign being run to follow lane driving. He said that they should prevent heavy vehicle drivers from using the fast lane (right lane) and they should drive the vehicle only in the designated lane.

Giving guidelines for lane driving for safe travel, he informed that people should choose the correct lane while driving and change lanes only after giving a proper signal. People should use the right lane for overtaking. Always use the indicator before changing your lane and while overtaking. If a person is found violating lane driving rules for the first time, a fine of Rs 500 and for the second time, a fine of Rs 1,500 has been provisioned as per the rules.