Here's an interesting development. Bangalore traffic cops now have a handheld Simputer using which they can track past traffic offences of a vehicle instantly and fine you for all of them instantly. They also claim it makes the system more transparent. Probably does for fining offenders, but what about making the cops more honest. Bangalore has some of the most corrupt policemen I have ever seen, everything from avoiding a larger fine for a traffic offence to registering an FIR needs a bribe.
I'm sure this wont stop the cops from taking that Rs.50 or 100 to let you go. I wonder if you can make all the old fines go away and how much that would cost :)
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erm... i happen to have seen the past offence paperwork rotting away in ..sorry...on..some forgotten filing cabinets. Till they enter all that in, its pretty much a...waste.
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