[Resolved]  Bangalore Traffic Police — Auto RIckshaw Menace

Address: Bangalore, Karnataka

Hi,

I have been travelling from past 3 years from my home to office and reverse.
Bangalore traffic police boasts of all the new technology and modern equipped systems to manage traffic.
But its so disappointing that there is noone to put a check on the Autorickshaws.
Almost 9 out of every 10 autos have there meter tampered. A 10 km distance will show 12 kms.
Inspite of knowing all this, I have never seen any improvement in the behaviour of Autorickshaw drivers.
They have no fear for Traffic police.

One day i was travelling from near oxford college Garvebhavipalya to Bellandur via silkboard. I hired an auto he asked me for 20 rs extra over meter.
I agreed because it was 9:00pm. His meter shooted to 25 at silk board (6 rs over normal). I told him his meter is fast.
he started abusing me in kannda and asked me to get out of the auto. i said i dont have change i gave him 100 rs. he said go and get change from somewhere.
i was unable to get change. then he came and asked for the note. and got it changed. But to my surprise he took 30 rs and gave me back 70 and ran off with the auto.
His auto number was KA05-7044. Now i want to know what traffic police will do to teach drivers of this type a lesson.
Its like robbery. and so dissappointing on traffic police's part. This is just one of the 1000 instances I have faced in last 3 years.

Whenevr I will go from home to office or reverse, I usually take auto and 90 % of the autos shoot to 85 rs or more, while the normal charges are only 74 rupees.
Is it not the duty of traffic police to put a check on tampered meters. Why traffic police waits for a victim to complain and then take action.

It a shame that Bangalore being IT captial of India. we get to face this kind of scenarios. I have lost trust on Bangalore traffic police.
And I have 90 % feeling that this mail will also go in recycle bin.

Ranvijay Singh
Bangalore Resident