There may be safety in numbers, but here, there is disappointment and shame. In the first five months of the year, the traffic department has fined over 16 lakh people for helmetless riding and collected Rs 80 crore in fines. Data from the traffic department showed that Pune accounted for nearly half the violations, followed by Mumbai and Thane.

Officials have said that the number of helmetless riders would actually be much more considering that these numbers are just from 10 cities/districts.