Karachi:
The Sindh government has introduced strict fines and demeritic points for traffic offenses to make the roads safer. Survision, signaling jumping, erroneous conduct, overload and driving without a license will now be faced with difficult penalties.
Keys under the new system:
Oppidation: 5,000 rupees for motorcycles, 15,000 rupees for cars, 20,000 rupees for heavy vehicles + 8 points of demerit
Drive without license: up to 50,000 RS + 6 points
Reckless Drive: RS25,000 + 8 points
Other violations: a wheel to a wheel, a driving without a helmet, tinted windows, a bad driving track, carrying passengers on the roofs
The Sindh government has introduced a new system of heavy fines and demeritic points for traffic offenses in the province by modifying the twelfth calendar under article 121-A of the prescription on motor vehicles, 1965.
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The Higher Minister of Sindh of Information, Transport and Public Transport, Sharjeel Inam Memon, stressed that these measures are not intended to receive income but to save lives and to guarantee road safety.
“Traffic offenses such as signaling leap, survival and wheel are not minor acts-these are fatal behaviors that endanger not only drivers but also others on the road,” he said, adding that repeated violers could face the suspension or cancellation of their driving licenses.
He added that the Sindh government is trying to modernize traffic management by introducing a digital surveillance system and strengthening the traffic police capacity.
He noted that the Demerite Point System would help follow the recurrences, a practice that has been successfully implemented in developed countries.
Awareness campaigns will also be launched to educate citizens on traffic rules and encourage voluntary compliance, said Memon. “Our goal is to build a safe driving culture and protect lives, not just to impose fines,” he added.
