The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered implementation of helmet wearing condition on pillion riders from December 01. The court also directed the Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) to issue challan tickets to motorcyclists having no side mirror on their bikes.
Earlier, Punjab Safe City Authority's chief operating officer Akbar Nasir informed the court that there had been a visible decline in violation of traffic signal following the E-challaning and around Rs30 million had been collected under this head.
CTO Liaqat Malik stated that traffic rules had been strictly implemented by the police. He said 324,000 motorcyclists had been issued challan tickets so far for not wearing helmets. He claimed that a number of motorcyclists remained unhurt during road accidents due to safety helmets.
The court expressed satisfaction over the performance of the traffic police and directed the CTO continue implementing the traffic laws in letter and spirit. Previously, the court had directed the Punjab inspector general of police to strictly implement restriction of wearing helmets in the whole province. Several lawyers had filed petitions for implementation of the traffic laws citing an increase in deaths of motorcyclists in road accidents.