Sun Film Bans: A Whopping income from fines.

Mangalore Today News Network

MANGALORE, Aug 4, 2012: The Supreme court on Friday . August 3rd upheld the view that police as of late are not acting on the order of sun film bans that was issued 2 months ago, will have to face contempt-of-court action. Sources revealed that Mangalore city police have booked 4,150 cases against vehicles having sun films and collected Rs. Rs 3,74,100 as fine.

tintent 1 "Similarly, we booked 55,219 cases this year up to July 31 and collected Rs 45,35,900 as fine from traffic offenders. We booked 8,424 cases and collected Rs 9,64,100 as fine in June and July using the 16 BlackBerry handsets issued to us," they added. This shows a whopping Rs.58,74,100 collected as income from fines only.

According to Rule 100 (2) of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, the windscreen and the rear windows should have a visual light transmission (VLT) of not less than 70%. For the side windows, minimum visibility should be 50%. Even cloth curtains are not allowed.

Police on June 6 started acting against vehicles having sun film.

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