Digital payment for traffic fines is not recommendable as per my opinion (in general). Digital payments is very convenient option but a fine has to cause inconvenience, otherwise people will not think or care of avoiding breaking or not following rules. We need to reach a state where number of traffic violations are just a mere percentage in decimal digits out of total number of vehicles.
Anyway, in contrast, Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP) is introducing digital payment options for collecting fines, as it is like any other company.
Is the intention of BTP to make money OR make people follow rules? With swiping machines, it will be very easy to pay the fine. How will it deter people from making mistakes? How will it enable people to learn following rules? How will it inspire people to not break rules? There should be some inconvenience due to which people will follow rules.
There was a board in US for speeding - "If you are in a hurry, speed ticket can slow you down. So drive within the speed limit to avoid delay". I need to honestly tell that I don't know if US traffic police accepts fine money in digital mode or not. But here our traffic police is always ready with solutions for making more money than making people to follow rules.
Please share your thoughts/opinions.
Note: Fine means penalty and not tax or charges. :)
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