Delhi Police on Thursday launched a
mobile app through which residents can
keep tab on traffic violators and send their
videos or photographs. The person who
posts the maximum would be
rewarded. The app named Traffic Sentinel,
that is a part of a reward scheme, will
come as an additional feature in the
already existing Delhi Police’s mobile apps
Delhi Police… One Touch Away, and Delhi
Traffic Police.
Launching the scheme, Delhi Police
Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi said: “This
will be an empowering tool in the hands of
the common citizen who will get a
platform to report traffic offences
occurring on the roads of Delhi to the
authorities.”
“The mode of reporting the traffic offence
will be simple by just clicking a photo or a
video through the app on the phone and
press the send button.” Bassi explained
that the app will only ask basic
information such as place of offence, date
and time. ”In GPS enabled phones, the
date, time and location will also be
automatically embedded on the
photograph.
“ Bassi said this tool will give an
opportunity to the concerned citizens to
help inculcate a habit of traffic discipline
on Delhi roads. ”To give incentive to the
member of public who wants to be a
‘Traffic Sentinel’ and takes pains to report
a traffic offence, an attractive reward
system will be a part of this scheme,”
Bassi said. ”To become Traffic Sentinel a
user will have to download the app and
enrol himself through it.”
Bassi said the user would get an
acknowledgement and a unique transaction
number for each photograph or video
uploaded.
“If the offence and the vehicle number is
clear in the photograph or video, the same
will be validated at back-end at the traffic
Police Headquarters, and reward points
will be allocated to the sender who will be
intimated through an email.”
Bassi said once a minimum number of
points are accrued, the Traffic Sentinel
will be entitled for a prize. ”There will be,
in addition, bumper prizes also from time
to time through lucky draw,” Bassi
said. The Delhi Police chief said the people
can report 11 traffic violations through
the “Traffic Sentinel” scheme. Every
violation has different points, he said.
Driving against the flow of traffic has five
points, yellow line violation two points,
parking on footpath one point while triple
riding has two points. Defective number
plate, without seat belt, without helmet
and stop line violation offences have one
point each. However, three points has
been decided for the each offence of red
light jumping and dangerous driving. For
the offence of using mobile phone, two
points would be counted.
The ‘Traffic Sentinels’ will get rewards like
dinner coupons, movie tickets, free talk
time when their points would be between
25 and 100. Those collected reward points
more than 200 would be given car,
motorcycle and foreign tour rewards
through a bumper draw.
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