
Social Security Number (which is not on your old license). What it all meant was longer lines, a lot of extra paperwork to look through, and in the case of a number of drivers, uncertainty about what they had to bring with them.Ī TSA-compliant license, identifiable by a star in the corner, will allow you to get on an airplane.īut to get a compliant license, you'll need to bring proof of: "There was lady going through the line checking what you needed and making sure you had what you needed, and if not, you had to leave and come back another day, like I am going to do," she said. Many of those in line were unsure about the new requirements - among them Beth Burke, who will have to return in a few days. Another officer with the traffic branch said the traffic police would be trained in punching the newly introduced smart card licences, so that the punching does not damage the chip and strip on it.Lines were long at the Downtown Cincinnati License Bureau as July began, as BMV clerks explained the biggest change in decades to Ohio drivers licenses. A senior police officer said the decision in this regard has been taken after the city police chief personally noticed that those financially stable violators are immediately paying the fine slapped on them, but are failing to mend their ways. The directives have been issued to all the three deputy commissioner of police in the city for getting the punching machines for the traffic policemen. The motorists were penalised for flouting rules, including use of mobile phones while driving, over-speeding, not wearing helmets or seat belts, parking in no-parking zones and overcrowding. The IPS officer further said that a provision to punch licences on flouting norms exists, but was not being followed in the city till now. The officer went on to state that the police would impound the license of the driver, in case drink and drive incidents,” he said. “If someone is repeatedly violating the given privilege, then it has to be taken away. The officer added that driving licence is a privilege given by the law of the land and it is not a right. “The move to punch hole on the licences is aimed at bringing a serious check on those repeatedly violating traffic norms in day to day lives,” said Yadav. Licenses with three holes would be seized and sent to the RTO office with a recommendation to cancel them citing: habitual traffic violator. Aurangabad commissioner of police Yashasvi Yadav on Saturday issued directives for buying punching machines and asked the policemen to use it on the driving license of the offender, every time she/he is caught violating the traffic norms. In case there is a delay in paying the penalty, the offenders need to approach the court to get their licences released.
Currently, the offenders are handed out challans and their licences are temporarily seized, only to be returned after depositing the fine. This practice is followed by the police in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. This is probably for the first time that the police department has launched such a drive in the state that will help them keep a check on regular offenders. Aurangabad: The city traffic police, in order to bring serious check on traffic rule violations, have decided to punch holes on the driving licences of offenders.