The DK Police has procured various modern traffic gadgets out of the Modernization funds supplied to the district for the year 2005-06. These equipments will help the district police in both Education and Enforcement tasks. The followig are the equipments that have already been supplied and put to use in the traffic branch of Mangalore city and in the other two subdivisions (Panambur & Puttur) of the district.
1. Breath Analysers (Alcometers): Two automated handheld breath alcohol instruments procured will provide for simple, accurate and economical method of determining drivers breath/blood alcohol level on the basis of their breath samples at the spot itself. Further with the help of a portable printer, the readings can be printed and given to the person then and there itself. The two traffic police stations have been provided one equipment each and they have already detected 79 cases of drunken driving in the city. These equipments are being used every night in the city at important locations to curb drunken driving and road rage during night times.
2. Handycams (04): The four state-of-the-art Sony Handycams will be useful for recording videographic evidence of traffic violations and episodes of unruly conduct by the offenders at the time of checking. They can aso be used for conducting traffic surveys and studies in the district.
3. Digital Still Cameras (03): These will be useful for recording photographic evidence of traffic offenders and scenes of road traffic accidents. The photographs taken can be easily transferred to the computers immediatley and hence will avoid the hassle of cleaning the roll, develpoing and printing.
4. Tubuar Cones (50): These PVC traffic cones with reflective sleeves can be used to create road dividers on busy and congested raods in the city.
5. Cylindrical Air Cones (250): Will be helpful to mark parking enclosures or to warn traffic about hazardous spots. The cones can also also be utilzed for guiding traffic during late hour naka checking drives.
6. Reflective LED Light Batons (30) & Reflectve Hand Gloves (200 pairs): The LED Light traffic control batons that have high visibility are useful for directing traffic at night and during late evening hours. The baton has a weather resistant body made of ABS high-impact plastic and the tube is made of PC transparent material. The reflective hand gloves makes the traffic cop more visible to motorists during night times thus ensure better safety.
In addition to these equipments that have been supplied by the Government, the Karnataka Bank has on the request made by the District Police provded 100 Reflective Jackets and 20 reflective batons. These special reflective jackets will be useful for late hour traffic regulation and naka checking. This increases visibility of the traffic staff and thus makes it safer for them to man the roads.
The DK Police thanks Karnataka Bank for their cooperation and support for the cause of road safety.
