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The entire mentality of “increasing fines”comes from the colonial state needing to fix people and teach them a lesson. Rather it is the state which needs fixing. @nitin_gadkari
The govt keeps asking people, companies for information which it already has.
The govt keeps asking people, companies for information which it already has.
Huge fine disproportionately harrasses the poor. For the rich it is a mere inconvenience. For the poor it is livelihood.
How about teaching traffic rules & driving in schools rather more “Mughal history.” That is how Germany does it.
How about teaching traffic rules & driving in schools rather more “Mughal history.” That is how Germany does it.
Planners work in English. People work in Indian languages. The colonial state actually doesn't care about the people.
Take one example, Rs. 2000 fine for not having Pollution Certificate. We slave-copy idea from the West. There often PC is done only once in 3 years or so, here every 6 months. Worse, here don't even check pollution, just give certificate. We imitate dumbly, since we can't think. 
"Not providing way of emergency vehicle" is the same fine as "drunk driving"? Which bureaucrat thinks this up? Drunk driving is the absolute worse, endangers lives, yet has the lowest punishment in India. Not even suspension/withdrawal of license. Should actually be jail time.
And checking your mobile phone has license suspended for 3 months but drunk driving doesn't? Seriously?
When citizens can start fining bureaucrats and they get salary deductions when the roads have potholes and they fail in providing services, we'd have made some progress.
Babus have ZERO accountability to public. But they have 100% Raj over public.
Babus have ZERO accountability to public. But they have 100% Raj over public.
Not in WA state. Every 2 years. And my experience in India is that they don't even check pollution even when I've asked, just give certificate.
I drive an electric car for the last 6 years in WA so my info may be outdated. :) No pollution checks.
Strange, for everything else we are charging similar to countries with much higher GDP/capita, but for drunk driving it is MUCH lower. We want to subsidize drunk driving?
