Rajan Dhakal, Chief of the District Traffic Police Office and Police Inspector, said that during the past week, unauthorized seats, tools, chairs, and covers added to 150 vehicles were removed due to increased checks in the highway area.
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Traffic Police Kapilvastu has started removing seats that were added illegally to rental vehicles plying on the Mahendra Highway to reduce accidents.
The District Traffic Police Office has said that a surveillance campaign has been launched against the practice of placing 'extra seats' on the East-West Mahendra Highway to discourage the tendency to carry passengers beyond the capacity and to remove such seats.
The District Traffic Police Office Chief and Police Inspector Rajan Dhakal said that the removal of seats, tools, cushions and chairs that were temporarily welded to vehicles to transport passengers beyond the capacity has been started.
He said that during the week, unauthorized seats, tools, chairs and mats added to 150 vehicles were removed as checks were increased in the highway area. ‘Carrying more passengers than the capacity of a vehicle increases the risk of accidents,’ he said. ‘The campaign has been launched to discourage unauthorized work by keeping the safety of passengers as the first priority.’ He also informed that wingers, hayes and EV vehicles are the main ones adding unauthorized structures.
Drivers say that driving a vehicle with more passengers than the capacity causes imbalance, makes it difficult to turn the steering wheel and there is a risk of the vehicle going out of control in an emergency. ‘Driving a vehicle with more passengers than the capacity of the seat makes the vehicle unbalanced,’ said driver Shyam Thapa. ‘When there are many passengers, the crowd also makes it difficult to steer.’
Traffic police say that excessive load on a vehicle puts additional pressure on the brake system, causes the vehicle to tip over during turns and increases the chances of accidents. Traffic Police Inspector Dhakal said that the strategy of raising awareness and taking action after the unauthorized structural changes have a serious impact on the safety of passengers. The Traffic Office has also stated that this campaign will continue regularly.
