High-tech interceptors to issue challan in 2 secs

New Delhi: To curb road accidents caused due to overspeeding in the city, the Delhi traffic police (DTP) has inducted 11 new mobile day and night speed enforcement system vehicles for prosecuting violators.

Delhi police commissioner Amulya Patnaik flagged off a fleet of the vehicles at India Gate on Tuesday.

These intercepting vehicles will be deployed not only at major arterial roads, but also in bylanes and local roads in various districts to intercept cars and bikes indulging in overspeeding, dangerous driving, cutting across lanes, and similar offences.

“These interceptor vehicles will also be deployed in colonies or local roads in various districts to prosecute overspeeding vehicles. We often get complaints of overspeeding on busy local roads. The new system will add teeth to technology-based prosecution. The laser-based cameras fitted in these vehicles can generate a challan in two seconds and identify a speeding vehicle in a lane full of vehicles,” said Mr Patnaik.

He added that the new interceptor vehicles can work in all light conditions and produce a photograph of the speeding vehicle’s registration plate with its GPS coordinates, time, and place.

With 11 new interceptor vehicles, the Delhi traffic police now has a fleet of 22 interceptors that will be deployed at various roads.

“The interceptor will display details of date and time stamp, vehicle image with registration plate and laser reticule, permissible speed limit, vehicle speed, distance from the laser source, laser beam width, and ID of the equipment,” said a senior police official.

The operating range of the interceptors is between 25 meters and1000 meters for the laser gun. It is capable of detecting speed violation within one second, using the laser and it records a 3 second video clip to record the interaction.

“The latest technology interceptors are capable of capturing speed in the range of 0-250 kmph with an accuracy of ± 2 kmph. A printout of the challan can be generated within 30 seconds,” the official added.

The unique feature of these latest interceptors is that the violation also gets recorded with GPS coordinates/location and this feature will ensure an accurate speed forensics record and immutable evidentiary value for police in case of any overspeeding vehicle involved in road accidents.

Till June 19, 2016, a total of 52,000 motorists have been prosecuted for overspeeding. In 2015, till the same period, 42,000 motorists were fined.

A few weeks ago on June 5, a senior journalist was killed in a road accident after he was hit by a speeding motorcycle while crossing the road in the Govindpuri area.