Tourist vehicles, including buses and cabs, operating illegally in the city without up-to-date tourist tax, picking up passengers at random stops, overloading beyond stipulated capacity, besides other traffic offences, has got the city’s traffic police fuming.

The reason being that these operators and drivers are exempt from Department Action (DP), which entails suspension of licence, in case of traffic offences committed under the Motor Vehicle Act 1998. Commercial tourist vehicles come under the ‘agreed sum’ provision and attract a fine and not suspension of licence in case of a traffic offence.