India to make dangerous drivers work as traffic police
Bharti Arora, the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Gurgaon, has launched a new scheme to let some of the city’s worst drivers know how it feels to try to manage the chaos by forcing them to work as traffic cops.
She told The Daily Telegraph she had adopted a new approach because on the spot fines of a hundred rupees (£1.36) for jumping red lights were not working.
“We were fining them, but it wasn’t really helping, because a fine is just 100 Rupees. The worst of the chaos is six hours of jammed traffic because some vehicle has over-turned, construction is going on, narrowing the lanes.
“We decided to let them see how it is to work as a traffic constable. It’s not an easy job.” she explained.
Offenders at the IFFCO Chowk junction are now pulled to one side, issued an on-the-spot fine, and then told to join the constable in trying to direct the chaos they have helped create.