Bhubaneswar: The State Transport Authority (STA) has issued a warning that even a first time offender’s driving license (DL) could get suspended for three months.
The Driving License can get suspended for driving at a speed exceeding the specified limit also including red light jumping, driving vehicles under the influence of drinks and drugs, using a mobile phone while driving, not wearing a helmet and carrying overload in carriages and carrying persons in good carriages.
In a letter from the Transport Commissioner to the RTOs have been informed to strictly implement the change. Police officers can also seize the DL of the offender . This will be then forwarded to the Supreme Court Committee of Road Safety.