Why doesn’t traffic police penalize BMTC bus drivers for violations in Banglore?

It is not true to say that BMTC buses are exempted from traffic enforcement and that only two wheeler drivers are penalised. Firstly, as against 23 lakh two wheelers, there are only 6000 BMTC buses and hence enforcement of two wheelers is more visible due to sheer numbers. Statistically, whereas two-wheelers constitute 73% of the total vehicle composition, the cases booked against two-wheelers are only 41% of the total cases. Secondly, the mode of penalising buses is different from that of two wheelers. For traffic violation done by BMTC driver it will be extremely unfair to make 60 passengers suffer by delaying them. Moreover, stopping a BMTC bus even for five minutes can create huge traffic jam and chaos which will take hours to clear. Hence, BMTC buses are not stopped on the roads and instead the violations are noted and notices sent to the Depot Managers who recover the fine from their salary and deposit with traffic police. For the general information, in the year 2009, during first 10 months Rs.27 lakh was recovered from BMTC bus drivers alone as fine amount.