Use helmet for personal safety: ASP
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 12 2022:
Additional SP (traffic control police) Imphal East Keisham Bijoykumar has appealed to two-wheeler riders to use helmet for personalsafety and stop the habit of carrying helmet and using the same only at the time of checking.
ASP Bijoykumar led a drive against two-wheeler riders not wearing helmet on Tuesday at Kongba and Minuthong.
During the drive, two-wheeler riders sans helmet were detained and released only after making them wear helmet though some riders were made to pay monetary fine as penalty.
Bijoykumar told media persons that majority of those detained were found to be carrying helmet inside tool box but did not wear while riding.
These riders were released after making them to wear the helmet but detained for some minutes as penalty.
The drive began from early morning at Kongba Keithel and two-wheeler riders without wearing helmet passing through the market were detained on the roadside.
The detained riders were released only after making them bring helmet either from home or from market while those unable to do so were fined as the last warning, he added.
The same drive continued in the afternoon at Minuthong wherein several riders without helmet including police personnel were detained and released only after making them to wear helmet.
On the sidelines of the drive, Bijoykumar appealed to the riders to stop the habit of wearing helmet only on seeing traffic police and announced that the drive will continue in other parts of the district till public are well aware about the importance of using helmet.