Traffic ← Gray Face of India

Bribing Traffic Inspector and our Video recordings 1

Jun

5

2015

We parked our Tata Magic vehicle near Kandasamy Temple, Broadway. The vehicle belongs to the NGO Chennai Social Service. We were doing some purchases for a Sapling plantation event at Uthandi, ECR the next day. When we returned back to the vehicle, we found that the vehicle is wheel locked. Constable was standing there and asked us driving license and insurance. We showed ...

2015 – Q1 Report 1

Apr

4

2015

RTI to followup on our previous traffic complaints To follow up on our complaints given on Traffic violators, we filed a RTI last year, enquiring on the status of the complaints. We got a response from saidapet and guindy Inspectors that Action has been taken on our complaints and reports sent to their higher authority. It ...

Traffic Violation Portal – Vision Zero for India

Jul

16

2014

To take forward our previous attempts at fixing Traffic violations, we came up with a comprehensive IT solution, a web portal to track Traffic Violations and crowdsource the process of taking violation videos and analyzing them. The portal is not just about this, but something much more significant. Maybe this portal will pave a way to realize one ...

Traffic Awareness Campaign @ Ramapuram

Dec

14

2013

There was a Traffic Awareness Campaign organized by the Social Activist Azhagar Senthil (ACPR) on 14.12.2013 at Ramapuram Signal with support from MTC friends (around 15 people) Guindy Traffic S.I. Few Constables and GFoI Team Agenda The Campaign is to strictly impose fine on all sorts of Traffic Violations, the chief being Cell Phone Driving, ...

An attempt to fix Traffic violations – Part 2 5

Oct

18

2013

Need support in implementing above plans. If interested or to share your thoughts, please visit the discussion forum here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/grayfaceofindia/V0sSoZn_oJ8/02I0HvRF9UMJ NIL Response from Mr. Karuna Sagar, Additional Commissioner of Police Continuing with our attempts to fix Traffic Violations, we took videos of Traffic Violators in the months of July to September and sent the complaint to ...

An attempt to Fix Traffic Violations – April, May and June 12

May

18

2013

When asked about Traffic Signals, people of India will chorously shout We don’t wait for the Green light. We go at Amber. Or even at Red most of the times. There is no such thing as “No Entry”. Whether we enter or not depends on the presence of a cop. Helmet? Why should I wear ...