Hyderabad Traffic Police Book 40 Motorists For Talking On Mobile Phones While Driving
Traffic police personnel in Hyderabad carried out a focused road safety check to penalize vehicle users who put lives at danger by holding phone calls while traveling on busy roads. During the operation, officers stopped several vehicles and booked forty drivers who were spotted talking on their mobile phones while actively maneuvering their two-wheelers and four-wheelers. The special action was taken after daily commuters filed multiple complaints about reckless vehicle movement caused by screen distraction across major road corridors.
The ground check took place at the crowded Retibowli Junction, an intersection that connects heavy traffic moving between Mehdipatnam, Attapur, and the Old City areas. Teams from the Kulsumpura Traffic Police Station stood at various exit and entry points of the junction to keep a sharp eye on commuters. Under the direct supervision of Golconda Zone Assistant Commissioner of Police D Dhanalakshmi, officers intercepted motorists caught red-handed with handheld handsets pressed to their ears.
On 24 October 2026, the police team executed the field operation with Station House Officer K Rajendra Prasad and local personnel managing the road checkpoints. Instead of simply generating automatic digital challans from remote cameras, officers physically stopped the offenders right on the street. This direct stop allowed the police to verify driver licenses, inspect vehicle paperwork, and register proper formal cases against every single violator under the Motor Vehicles Act.
Apart from booking legal cases and entering penalties, the police officers gathered all the caught motorists together on the roadside for an open awareness session. Senior officers spoke directly to the offenders about the severe dangers of distracted driving. They explained that taking eyes off the tarmac for even three seconds can lead to fatal crashes, running over pedestrians, or crashing into dividers. The team reminded violators that phone calls can wait, but human life cannot be brought back once lost in an avoidable road accident.
Road safety data has repeatedly shown that mobile phone distraction is among the leading causes of city road crashes. When a rider tries to balance a scooter or motorcycle with one hand while holding a smartphone with the other, steering control drops sharply. The situation is equally hazardous with car drivers who browse notifications, look at route maps, or type short replies while sitting in moving traffic. Local traffic experts emphasize that hands-free devices, Bluetooth earpieces, and neckbands also take away mental focus from braking and lane switching.
Pedestrians crossing roads at large junctions like Retibowli face the highest risk when approaching drivers are busy looking down at screens. Many people walking to bus stops or local markets complain that two-wheeler riders fail to spot red signals or zebra crossings because their attention is entirely on a phone conversation. By stopping forty violators within a short window, the enforcement drive proved how common this dangerous habit has become among city travelers.
The police leadership emphasized that enforcement drives will not stop with this single action at Retibowli. Similar surprise inspections are planned across various busy road points in the Golconda and Kulsumpura zones in the coming days. Authorities have appealed to the traveling public to keep phones inside bags or pockets while on the road, and to park safely on the left curb if an emergency phone call truly needs an immediate answer.
The department maintained that the ultimate aim of such street drives is not merely collecting fines, but creating basic road discipline among all drivers. With traffic density rising every week across the state capital, strict road monitoring remains necessary to protect careful drivers and innocent pedestrians from the terrible consequences of avoidable driver distraction.