VISAKHAPATNAM: Incidents of over speeding and bike racing seem to show no sign of abating in Vizag city. Police booked as many as 81 cases of bike racing on various stretches of roads and nabbed over 280 motorists in 2021. Police have been booking bike racers this year as well.
City police have observed that some motorists are finding the beach road and a few other stretches convenient for racing. Motorists are breaking speed standards on roads with some driving at speed as high as 120 kmph. Permissible speed limit on city roads ranges between 40 and 70 kmph.
Speaking to TOI, ADCP (traffic) Ch Adinarayana said despite police warnings, some motorists are enagaging in rash and negligent driving and racing. “We nabbed 65 motorists for performing racing in 2020 and the number increased to 287 in 2021. We have been deploying plain clothes men at strategic locations to catch the youngsters resorting to rash and negligent driving and racing,” he said.
Though many motorists are aware that over speeding and rash driving will lead to accidents, they continue to violate the speed limits on roads and indulge in zigzag, dangerous driving and racing. Our teams have seized over 20 bikes and registered cases for racing and dangerous driving, Adinarayana added. “After 10 pm, some youngsters in groups with high-end bikes indulge in rash and negligent driving. I have faced some tough time with the dangerous riders when I was returning from Bheemili,” said K Srinivasa Rededy, a resident of Vizag city.
