The ‘Punishing Signal’ initiative was launched in Mumbai at important junctions most prone to heavy traffic such as CSMT, Marine Drive, Peddar Road, Hindmata and Bandra.

By | Published: 3:07 pm 11:08 pm

Hyderabad: IT Minister KT Rama Rao on Friday urged municipal and traffic authorities in Hyderabad to consider implementing ‘The Punishing Signal’ initiative launched by the Mumbai Police to curb the menace of unwanted honking at junctions.

On Friday, the Minister took to Twitter with a video of ‘The Punishing Signal’ uploaded by Mumbai Police and tagged Telangana DGP M. Mahender Reddy, Hyderabad Commissioner of Police Anjani Kumar and GHMC Commissioner DS Lokesh Kumar.

‘Let’s get this thing done in our Hyderabad too! Need of the hour’ (sic) he tweeted.

About the ‘Punishing Signal’ initiative

The Mumbai Police recently launched the initiative of ‘Punishing Signals’ where special decibel meters are connected to traffic signals in several major junctions in Mumbai. When the sound of horns exceeded 85dB (decibels), the signal timer resets itself, forcing commuters to wait longer at the signal, thus ‘punishing’ them for their impatience.

In a video made by the Mumbai Police, which was shared by KTR, the digital hoarding at the signal displays the message ‘honk more, wait more!’, indicating to the waiting commuters on their vehicles at the junctions that the signal would go green only if they wait patiently for their turn and do not unnecessarily honk.

The ‘Punishing Signal’ initiative was launched in Mumbai at important junctions most prone to heavy traffic such as CSMT, Marine Drive, Peddar Road, Hindmata and Bandra.

The film prepared by the Mumbai Police also showcases confused commuters, who take time to figure out that the more they honk, the more they have to wait for the signal to turn green.

At the end of the video, when the signal resets again to red, due to incessant honking, a message is displayed ‘Feel free to horn, if you don’t mind waiting’, as commuters in the video quite reluctantly understand the concept.

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