ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has issues challans to over 500 cars including motorcyclists in a month for using cell phones while driving as it diverts the concentration of the drivers.
The drivers should fully focus on the driving as due to their less attention towards following traffic rules, they not only risk their own life but also affect the attention of others with wrong driving and sometimes causing accidents.
The minor and fatal accidents are mostly the outcome of such driving practices in which negligence of the drivers is involved, says an official of ITP.
According to the traffic police, around 70 to 90 percent people are issued challans for using cell phones driving while the traffic police also warns people through various campaigns for following traffic rules.
The spokesperson of traffic police told APP, “According to the code no 21 traffic police challaned number of motorists and car drivers in a month by imposing a fine of 500 rupees on drivers and challan 300 rupees on motorcyclists and such motorists are monitored on regular basis.
