Coimbatore: After a video of a man watching a television serial on his mobile phone while riding bike went viral on social media, the city traffic police imposed a fine of Rs 1,200 on the errant motorist on Friday.
An official source said a motorist had shot the video of 35-year-old N Muthusamy, a resident of Kannappa Nagar in the city, watching the serial on his mobile phone while riding his two-wheeler on the second level Gandhipuram flyover, which connects Chinnasamy Road and 100ft Road, on Thursday night on his mobile phone and circulated the same on social media.
When deputy commissioner of police (traffic) S R Senthilkumar came to know about the incident on Friday, he instructed the officials to trace the motorist and penalise him for the traffic violation.
Coimbatore: The district witnessed an incident-free New Year on Thursday night, thanks to vigilant personnel in the police department.
As many as 2,050 cops deployed in the urban and rural parts of the district made sure that public celebrations are banned on streets. No road accidents were reported and no cases were booked for traffic rules violation.
While the city police had deployed 1,350 personnel from Thursday night to Friday morning, the rural police had 700 cops on patrol.
Police had set up 34 temporary checkpoints in the city to curb drunk driving. “We closed the Avinashi Road flyover, Dr Nanjappa Road flyover, 100 Feet Road – Chinnasamy Road flyover and North Coimbatore flyover. Most of the hotels were closed by 10pm. Streets were deserted after that. Cops stopped reckless bike riders and shared safe riding tips,” said deputy commissioner of police G Stalin.
Coimbatore: Officials have decided to remove encroachments from Textool to the Surya Hospital Junction on Sathy Road to ease traffic. Besides, officials may remove pedestrian pathways on Avinashi Road for the same purpose.
The decision was made at a meeting convened by the city police with regional transport officers, TNSTC, National Highways, state highways officials and revenue department officials on Monday.
In the meeting, deputy commissioner of police R Mutharasu said buses plying between Ganapathy and Madukkarai were being parked at Ganapathy bus terminal on Sathy Road. “We have asked TNSTC officials not to park the buses at the terminal. Hereafter, the bus terminal will be considered as a bus stop and the TNSTC and private buses should leave the area after a brief halt. We believe that this would help to reduce traffic congestions on the stretch,” said Mutharasu.