- The Dumper association does not deliver on the worried vehicle, the driver.
- Being persecuted by motorcyclists, fear that the vehicle is burned: driver.
- The Traffic Police seized 27 Dumpers, issues fines to 142 drivers.
Karachi: The driver of the fugitive dumper who fled after hitting a vehicle in the city’s Sharea faisal was arrested after he delivered before the authorities.
The arrest occurs two days after a video went viral showing a traffic police vehicle that tries to stop a Dumper who travels in Sharea Faisal.
However, the Dumper driver fled the vehicle at high speed, which essentially puts the lives of several other travelers at risk.
Before his arrest, the Karachi Traffic Police carried out a massive repression against the Dumpers, during which 27 Dumpers were seized and a Dumpers driver was arrested. The Challans and the strong fines were issued to 142 Dumper drivers in the 99/113 sections of the Motorized Vehicle Ordinance of 1965.
The Traffic Police had contacted the president of the Dumper Association, Liaquat Mehsud, and others to arrest the Dumper driver who was fleeing the Traffic Police in Sharea Faisal. At first, they asked for time, but then they backed down their promise and could not deliver the Dumper and their driver before the police.
Then, the Traffic Police launched a massive repression against the Dumpers announcing that the action would continue until the Dumper driver was delivered.
Meanwhile, in his initial statement, Dumper’s arrested driver said the motorcyclists followed him and that he had only resorted to flee in that way due to the fear that his vehicle could be burned.
Development should be taken in the context of more than 250 deaths due to traffic accidents in the metropolis in the current year, of which at least 70 were attributed to incidents that involve heavy vehicles such as Dumpers, water tankers and trailers.
The alarming increase in deaths caused generalized public outrage and protests with the public even resorting to fire such heavy vehicles.
Such an incident occurred last week, where enraged citizens set fire to several Dumper trucks in different places after an accelerated Dumpers truck crushed two motorcycles in the northern area of Karachi.
Public feelings, due to traffic fuss in recent months, seem to be highly polarized, since they are not only aimed at heavy vehicles but also towards any vehicle or driver involved in reckless driving.
On Sunday, a mafia lit a vehicle involved in an accident in the Gulan-E-Iqbal area near Disco Bakery that resulted in a mortality.
Later, the police took the driver and the three people with him in custody and stopped several people even more to set the car.
The alarming traffic situation, together with public indignation, has led the government of Sindh to impose a daytime ban on the movement of heavy vehicles in Karachi, along with strict measures, as a speed limit of 30 kilometers per hour for heavy transport vehicles (HTV) that operate in the city.
However, it seems that despite the ongoing repression along with strict traffic rules, some citizens are not affected and continue to enjoy reckless driving.
Such incident occurred in the view of the Karachi Sea, where a vehicle overturned and floated in the sea on Sunday morning, The news reported.
The incident took place in the first hours near Sea View, Darakhshan, where, according to the reports, a white car, involved in drifting at high speed, got out of control and turned, finally entered the sea.
No victims were reported and rescued 1122 teams recovered the water vehicle. While, according to Darakhshan Sho Shahid Taj, the owner of the car has been summoned to the police station for greater investigation.
