Cops will limit their checks on BWSL to once a month, as it obstructs traffic flow
Cops will limit their checks on BWSL to once a month, as it obstructs traffic flow
Sixteen people have been arrested for drunken driving on the Bandra-Worli Sea Linku00a0 (BWSL) since it was opened to traffic over a fortnight ago.
But the Sea Link will not be a part of the traffic police's regular campaign against drunken driving.
"We had conducted two drives on BWSL and caught 12 and four drunk drivers respectively.
But we've found that our drive was obstructing traffic flow.
So, we've decided to conduct surprise checks once a month instead of the regular drives conducted on Wednes-day, Friday and Saturday," said a senior traffic official.
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According to an official of MEP Toll Road Pvt Ltd, the toll collection agency on the BWSL, from 8 pm to 11 pm, 1,500-2,000 cars ply on the sea link every hour.
"After the toll was introduced, apart from the drunken driving, we haven't caught a single offender for U-turns, rash driving and halting at BWSL to click pictures," said another traffic official.
Two-wheeler riders between the ages of 26 and 30 years are the worst offenders of drunken driving.
According to the statistics with the Mumbai traffic police, of the 8,334 motorists caught this year for drunken driving, 5,224 were riding two-wheelers.
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Next in line are four wheeler drivers with 2,417 offenders.
2,155 of the total offenders were youngsters between 26 and 30 years. Even though people below the age of 21 are not allowed to consume alcohol, 30 people between the ages of 18 and 20 years were caught by the traffic police for drunken driving.
In 2008, 16,450 people were arrested for drunken driving.
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