To enhance transparency and the enforcement of traffic laws, the Punjab government has introduced a new traffic challan system, which is based on evidence.

The upgraded system will ensure that all traffic challans contain photographs and videos of the traffic offence, which will give motorists a clear record of the offence.

This will be followed by an SMS sent to the drivers who have committed traffic violations, which will have a link to check the images and video footage of their challan, as per a statement from Traffic Police.

All Traffic Tickets in Punjab will be issued via Traffic Police One App with video evidence attached to the ticket. Under the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the initiative has been rolled out.

The system aims to minimise conflicts between motorists and traffic police while speeding up and streamlining the challan procedure, DIG Traffic Punjab Muhammad Waqas Nazeer stated.

The evidence-based challans will also bolster legal action against those who don’t pay fine as each case will have verified digital evidence, he added.

The DIG said the use of modern technology is a testament to the department’s effort to provide efficient, transparent, and citizen-friendly traffic services and ensure traffic laws are fairly enforced.

No helmet, no entry: Lahore enforces new rule on major roads

To promote compliance with the law, and reduce the number of motorcyclists without helmets on the road, the Lahore Traffic Police (LTP) has intensified its efforts against those motorcyclists who are still not wearing helmets. The Lahore Traffic Police (LTP) has upped its enforcement on the violation of the helmet law following a survey based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) that revealed that the vast majority of motorcyclists are wearing helmets, leaving only a small number who are yet to do so.

The new policy sets The Mall, Jail Road, Canal Road, and the Cantonment as no entry zones for motorcycles without helmets. The raids would be rolled out gradually on the roads on the radiating road network to make them safer and reduce traffic fatalities, officials said.

Based on the first AI-powered survey of helmet compliance by the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) camera network at 17 key intersections across Lahore, the decision was taken.

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