LUCKNOW: A day after Lucknow traffic police announced that almost 100% two-wheeler drivers in the city have started wearing helmet, a TOI reality check on Wednesday found that four of every 10 drivers were without safety headgear.
These people included policemen, underage schoolchildren and general public.
The reality check was done at eight major locations of the city including Hazratganj, Ram Ram Bank Crossing, Engineering College Crossing and 1090 Crossing.
At Ram Ram Bank Crossing, students of a private school were seen riding bikes without helmets. These students were under 18 years of age, raising questions on how they got a driving licence. Some bikes were even without registration number plates.
At 1090 Crossing, people were seen tripling on two-wheelers, at Engineering College Crossing, cops were seen flouting traffic rules and riding without helmets.
Traffic police personnel were not present at most places.
“If anyone has photographs of people violating traffic rules, share them with us on traffic police social media handles and on phone numbers. We will take action as per law. It is vital for those riding two-wheelers to wear helmets and we will not discriminate while taking action against those without helmet,” said additional deputy commissioner of police, traffic, Shrawan Kumar Singh.
