On 2nd July from 8 a.m. till 4 p.m 3708 riders had been challaned. Out of these; 36 policemen were also penalized for riding without a helmet.

         The Mumbai Traffic Police has started a clamp down on motorcycle riders who are riding without wearing helmets. Even the pillion rider has to wear a helmet.

         As a result, a total of 37,611 cases have been made out from 24th June till 2nd July,2008

         On 2nd July from 8 a.m. till 4 p.m 3708 riders had been challaned. Out of these; 36 policemen were also penalized for riding without a helmet.

           This drive is going to be intensified in the whole week.
 

  On 30th June; from 8 a.m. till 12 noon, 1524 riders had been challaned. Out of these; 84 policemen were also penalized for riding without a helmet.     

        The Mumbai Traffic Police has started a clamp down on motorcycle riders who are riding without wearing helmets. Even the pillion rider has to wear a helmet.

        As a result, a total of 27,000 cases have been made out from 19th June till 27th June.

        On 30th June; from 8 a.m. till 12 noon, 1524 riders had been challaned. Out of these; 104 policemen were also penalized for riding without a helmet.

        This drive is going to be intensified in the whole week.
 

        Mumbai Traffic Police makes a sincere appeal to all the motorcycle riders to wear helmet

            Section 129 M.V. Act specifies compulsion for wearing helmets by the motor cycle riders and the pillion riders.

           The motorcyclists expose themselves to a very high degree of risk when they travel without helmets.

           The following chart will illustrate the loss of human lives on two wheelers

           A vast majority of these lives would have been saved if the motorcyclists had been wearing ISI marked helmets.

          The Mumbai Traffic Police has started a drive for rigorous implementation of this rule and as a result, on 24th June, 2008, 9482 motorcyclists were caught for not wearing helmets and they all have been penalized. By 1 P.M on 25th June, 2008, a total of 2585 motorcyclists had been penalized.

          The helmet rule is applicable to the Pillion riders and also to the children riding with their parents.

          The Mumbai Traffic Police makes a sincere appeal to all the motorcycle riders to wear helmet; and not just wear them; but also strap the safety belt on the helmet, so that it doesn’t slip off in case of an accident. This will help us in saving precious human lives.