On the very first day of the implementation of the e-challan system in Karachi, the traffic police recorded 2,662 violations in just 6 hours, while fines worth over Rs 10 million were issued.
According to the data, the highest number of challans were issued for not wearing seat belts (1,535), while 507 people were fined for riding a motorcycle without a helmet.
Similarly, 419 e-challans were issued for overspeeding, 166 for breaking a red signal, 32 for using a mobile phone, and 7 for vehicles with tinted glasses.
Furthermore, 3 challans were registered for driving in the wrong direction, 5 for wrong parking, 5 for illegal parking, and 5 for parking in a no-parking zone.
Similarly, 3 challans were issued for lane line violation and 4 for stop line violation.
The DIG Traffic, Pir Muhammad Shah, said that even after the inauguration of the system, further improvements are being made in the technical aspects to make the e-challan process more effective.
According to the traffic police, the e-challan system immediately identifies violations through modern cameras and automatic number plate recognition technology, after which the challan is sent directly to the registered address of the vehicle.
