Wearing the wrong colour shirt can result in a traffic challan, know the reason and ways to avoid it?
If you think that you have followed all the traffic rules and still you cannot be fined, then wait a moment. Now the fault may not be yours, but the colour of your shirt.
Yes, if you are wearing a black shirt or T-shirt while driving a car and wearing a seat belt, then the traffic camera cannot recognize this belt and, considering it a rule violation, issues a challan for not wearing a seat belt.
How does this technical confusion happen?
Nowadays, high-tech cameras have been installed at various places on the roads to monitor traffic rules. These cameras automatically monitor the activities of the drivers and generate a challan for any rule violation. But if you are wearing a black T-shirt and a black or dark coloured seat belt is attached to it, then the camera cannot clearly see whether you are wearing a seat belt or not.
If the camera does not see the seat belt, then the challan is certain. When the traffic camera clicks your photo for not wearing the seat belt, it issues a challan without human intervention. Even if you later prove that you were wearing the seat belt, the camera does not get 'evidence'. In such cases, you either have to file an objection or pay the challan.
Under which section of the Motor Vehicle Act is the challan issued?
If you do not wear the seat belt or the camera feels that you have not worn it, then it comes under section 194B of the Motor Vehicle Act. In Delhi, a challan of ₹ 1000 is imposed for the first time violation under this rule. If you make the same mistake again, then you will have to pay ₹ 1000 every time.
How to avoid this mistake?
➤ Avoid wearing black clothes
While driving a car, try not to wear a black or dark colored shirt or T-shirt so that the seat belt is clearly visible to the camera.
➤ Use a seat belt cover or highlighter
Some people put light coloured covers or strips on the seat belt so that it can be easily seen.
➤ Automobile companies should also pay attention
Shouldn't car manufacturing companies make the colour of seat belts light or high-visibility? This will make the traffic camera easily recognize the belt.
Avoid challan
Today's technology has become so advanced that even a small mistake of yours cannot be hidden from the camera. But sometimes this mistake is not real but a visible mistake. So next time when you go out to drive a car, pay attention not only to the seat belt but also to the colour of your clothes. A little caution can save you ₹1000.
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