More than 1.2 lakh cases of overspeeding on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway in August

ADGP reports strict enforcement of speed limits on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, with over 1.2 lakh overspeeding cases booked since August 1.

If you are tempted to press your vehicle’s accelerator on the upgraded Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, think again. Over 1.2 lakh cases of overspeeding, including 89,200 cases of sectional overspeeding had been booked on the highway between August 1 and 26 this year.

According to a media report posted on X by the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Training, Traffic and Road Safety, Karnataka, the sectional overspeeding system on the highway became operational from August 1. 

With the speed limit on the highway restricted to 100 km per hour, motorists are booked not only when their vehicles are found overspeeding by any of the 48 Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras, but also for crossing an average speed of 105 km per hour between two sections of the highway within the permissible period. Motorists are penalised ₹1,000 for each offence.

Recently, a motorist was challaned for covering a distance of “20.6 km” somewhere between Ramanagara and Bidadi in “688” seconds as the sectional speed was 108 km per hour. The motorist was stopped by the Channapatna traffic police personnel on the highway during his next visit and asked to pay the fine.

While more than 34,000 cases of overspeeding were recorded by the ANPR cameras on the highway, the number of sectional overspeeding cases recorded by Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled cameras on the highway is more than 89,200 since August 1.

While motorists crossing 105 km per hour are challaned and fined ₹1,000 each, Alok Kumar is quoted as saying FIRs will be registered against motorists crossing 130 km per hour. According to him, 400 such FIRs have been registered so far.

It may be mentioned here that the authorities began strictly enforcing the speed limits after the highway witnessed a large number of fatal crashes leading to deaths and injuries during the first few months after it was thrown open for traffic.