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ITP fine their chief for speeding,

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   nabeel
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 07:29 PM 
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ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) on Tuesday fined Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Dr Sultan Azam Temuri for violating speed limit on Jinnah Avenue.

Police sources said Temuri was heading towards Mc’Donald in his official vehicle, driven by his driver to inspect the polio point established there.

Two police officials, checking speed through radars, stopped his vehicle and told the driver about the overspeeding and issued a fine ticket to him. The speed limit on Jinnah Avenue (F-8 to F-10) is 70 kilometer per hour but the SSP’s driver was driving the vehicle at 84 kilometer per hour.

The SSP admitted the speed violation and accepted the ticket. He awarded Rs 1,000 each cash prize to the two police official and also warned his driver.
nice replied on Thursday, June 25, 2009 07:09 AM 

Very good example for other so called VIPs.
ABD replied on Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:19 AM 

Very cheap way to get popularity I can not believe the traffic police made a Challan of Traffic police coloured van while head of department was sitting in it. Don't forget police cars are allowed to run fast to catch criminals running away and are exemted from trafic laws
ua replied on Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:49 AM 

Police cars are allowed to run fast only in pursuit of criminals. Similar is the case with Ambulances, Fire Brigades... Waisay Sir jee, kissee news say hum jaisay aam awam ko bhee khush honay dain, even if it is for cheap popularity. Why should we try to criticize positive news without even knowing the facts :)
Hopeful replied on Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:56 AM 

@ ABD

He was not speeding to catch criminals so was given speeding ticket. Where he was going he should have been in the speed limits. Now, we should appreciate any courageous officers who can take stand for principles. Such incidents should be reported and publicized to encourage others.

I remember some years ago there was a major dispute when a trafic sergant challaned a provincial minister near Punjab Assembly and the minister slapped the officer. That became a major dispute between law enforcement and politicians sitting in the assembly. In the end I think a very high level police official of Lahore had to resign. But that sergant and police still has respect in my heart and in the hearts of many others.

We badly need more officers who work for the country and not for their seniors.
Naveed Yaseen replied on Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:29 PM 

The full exemptions from traffic laws and potential consequences of breaking traffic laws (such as accidents) only exist when all following conditions are fulfilled,,,

1) vehicle designed for emergency response
2) staff trained in emergency response
3) emergency warning signs are active (like sirens and flashing lights)
4) pursuing a valid emergency

However there also usually exist partial exemptions when anyone, even a civilian attempts to save life using any vehicle (preferably with wise use of headlights/hazard-lights and horn to avoid accidents). Even when such general provisions do not exist, if life-threatening emergency is provable then courts are usually on leaner side of penalties, if any.

And even if a life-threatening emergency is not provable in courts, still one should attempt, cautiously and wisely, to save life/lives rather than to keep observing laws. No law or penalty is more important than human life.

The point of post is, full immunity from traffic laws exists only for certain vehicles with certain warning signs with certain staff responding a valid emergency. Sans any one of these four conditions, all other vehicles and drivers are same.
Rehmat Ali replied on Thursday, June 25, 2009 03:28 PM 

When system becomes extremely corrupt like in Pakistan, it is hard to belive such news. May be it happened but belive me corruption and misuse of authority in pakistan is on its height and ordinary man (OM) is into the crushing wheels.

If an OM can get an FIR registered, we can not belive.
If an OM can get justice from our courts, we can not belive.
If an OM is in need of help, he can ask police help, we can not belive.
If an OM is sick, he can get attention in a hospital, we can not belive.
If an OM geta wrong utility bill, he can get it corrected, we can not belive.
If a rtired person can get his pension issued after retirement without corruption, we can not belive.
If an OM can get job on merit, we can not belive.
If an OM can get his right, we can not belive.

We can not belive that all good things can happen in my beloved country but we can belive:

- A murder is freed respectfully from court.
- Bank defaulters are the respectful citizens of the country.
- Influential persons are fit for jobs.
- Might is right. Favourtism and nepotism is basis of all rights.

What a country. God bless us.

Regards.
fourvoyagers replied on Saturday, June 27, 2009 05:52 AM 

Assalam-o-Alaikum,

I am not sure whether the Officer in question reacted in utter sincerity or it was a plain Public Relationing Trick. But fact of the matter is that we have lost our touch to appreciate any thing good, that might happen around us, which of course is not without its reasons. The thing is that right from the day one of our existance as Pakistanis, the general public has been thrashed and pounded so brutally, that we find it hard to digest anything good - once bitten twice shy!!!
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