Peculiar traffic violations have been challaned, such as a Harley-Davidson rider fined for playing music over factory-fitted speakers on a bike. But ding, ding, ding! We have a winner in the world’s weirdest traffic violation fine game show! One Ather 450X The rider was fined for not being able to produce the Pollution Control (PUC) certificate. Truly a not-so-classic facepalm moment.
A set of photographs of the case have surfaced on social media platforms, one of which is a traffic police challan issued on September 6 at Nilanchery, Malappuram. Kerala, The challan has been issued against the Ather 450X which is a fully electric scooter that makes no emissions, in fact, it has no exhaust. Because, you know, electricity!
The receipt also mentions section 213(5)(e) motor vehicle act, 1988 under which a fine of Rs 250 has been imposed on the rider. As per reports, this is not the first strange reason the Kerala Traffic Police has given a road user a fine. In July, a man was fined for driving a motorcycle ‘with passengers without sufficient fuel’.
A set of photographs of the case have surfaced on social media platforms, one of which is a traffic police challan issued on September 6 at Nilanchery, Malappuram. Kerala, The challan has been issued against the Ather 450X which is a fully electric scooter that makes no emissions, in fact, it has no exhaust. Because, you know, electricity!
The receipt also mentions section 213(5)(e) motor vehicle act, 1988 under which a fine of Rs 250 has been imposed on the rider. As per reports, this is not the first strange reason the Kerala Traffic Police has given a road user a fine. In July, a man was fined for driving a motorcycle ‘with passengers without sufficient fuel’.
there’s more. An incident from Uttar Pradesh where a car owner was fined for not wearing a helmet while driving. Unless it was a race track, the police were clearly and ridiculously unfair.
Social media users appealed to the Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to see the issue. A Twitter user tagged the CEO of Ather Energy Tarun Mehta, to which he responded by simply tweeting: “Ah”. Rather an appropriate response.
How would anyone else react to such apathy. The EVs do not have tail pipe emissions and are now very clearly demarcated with green license plates. In fact, breathing.