The Senior Suprintendent of Police, Jagraon, has found a unique way to spread awareness among masses about the traffic rules and regulations. He is sending SMSes to all the cell phone holders about the traffic rules.

Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, SSP, Jagraon, said, “With the active support of cellular operators, we have sent SMSs to all the cell-phone holders about rules related to driving. The aim behind this is to educate people about traffic rules. Everyone keeps checking the cell-phone throughout the day. I hope many people might have read my SMS carefully and would act upon the advice.” Sending SMS to the public is a part of traffic-week celebrations.

He said, “This time, we trained school and college students about traffic rules and are now seeking their help to make violators aware. The impact is totally different when a student corrects a traffic violator saying,”Uncle/aunti you were driving in wrong way. You should have driven like this at this very point.”

This time, Jagraon police has also organised some different activities as part of the traffic-awareness week. To start with, it has focussed on four types of violation. These include driving without seat-belt, helmet and complete documents, under-age driving besides drunken driving. Bhullar said, “This is the first time that we have arranged a show with the help of Institute of Hero Honda in Gurgaon. Their trainers came at grain market and gave demonstartion as to how to drive a two-wheeler. I have requested them to spread this awareness in rural areas of the district too.”