Bengaluru: Riders use spoons to cover number plates, evade traffic cops

Bengaluru’s rising traffic violations have led to innovative tactics by violators to evade law enforcement. In a recent development, riders in the city have started placing spoons on their vehicle number plates to obscure their registration numbers. This tactic has been observed in the Vijayanagara Police Station limits.

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The method allows offenders to dodge identification, making it challenging for traffic police to track violators caught jumping signals, riding without helmets, or committing other infractions. With number plates partially obscured by spoons, automated cameras and traffic monitoring systems fail to capture clear details, complicating enforcement efforts.

The Bengaluru traffic police have been working diligently to curb violations across the city. However, such creative but illegal attempts by violators are adding to their challenges. Authorities have intensified patrols and monitoring to counteract these evasion methods, emphasizing the need for stricter penalties and technological upgrades in traffic enforcement tools.

Traffic violations have been a growing concern in Bengaluru, with cases of signal jumping and helmetless riding contributing significantly to the problem. Police urge the public to follow traffic rules for their own safety and the safety of others, warning that attempts to evade the law through such methods will attract severe consequences. Investigations are ongoing to identify and penalize offenders using the spoon tactic.