Man receives Rs 250 challan for riding bike without sufficient fuel
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Ernakulam: In Kerala, a man was a challan of Rs 250 as a fine for riding a motorcycle without sufficient fuel and with passengers. The man posted the image of the e-challan sent by of Kerala Traffic Police on Facebook, which gathered enormous attention, NDTV reports.
Cartoq.com reported that the man was riding a Royal Enfield motorcycle when he was fined. The viral image suggests that the man's name is Basil Shyam.
BikeDekho reported that it contacted the man, and he said that he was on his way to work when a local traffic policeman stopped him for driving in the wrong direction through a one-way street.
He told BikeDekho that he was asked to pay Rs 250 as a fine, and he paid. After he reached work, he checked the challan and found the reason for the fine as 'Driving without sufficient fuel with passengers'.
After the image went viral, many news portals and content creators took it and argued that there is no law in Indian Motor Vehicle Act or state law that restricts anyone from driving/riding their vehicle with low fuel.
As per Mashable, there is only one offence in Kerala state law regarding fuel. This law mandates the driver or the owner of commercial vehicles to pay Rs 250 if the vehicle runs out of fuel before commuting passengers to the destination. Mashable's report is based on a video released by former Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) inspector Thankachan TJ. The inspector called for carefulness when the transport department issues challans.
