{"id":116372,"date":"2026-06-25T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=116372"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:50:00","slug":"lahore-traffic-police-announces-strict-rules-for-motorcyclist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/lahore-traffic-police-announces-strict-rules-for-motorcyclist\/","title":{"rendered":"Lahore Traffic Police announces strict rules for motorcyclist"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: The <\/span>Lahore <\/span>Traffic <\/span>Police <\/span><\/a>will <\/span>take <\/span>strong <\/span>action <\/span>against <\/span>motorcyclists <\/span>moving <\/span>around <\/span>without <\/span>helmets. <\/span><\/span>The <\/span>purpose <\/span>behind <\/span>this <\/span>move <\/span>is <\/span>to <\/span>prevent <\/span>fatal <\/span>road <\/span>accidents <\/span>across <\/span>the <\/span>metropolis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe <\/span>administration <\/span>will <\/span>not <\/span>allow <\/span>helmetless <\/span>motorcyclists to <\/span>ride <\/span>on <\/span>Main <\/span>Boulevard, <\/span>Mall <\/span>Road, <\/span>Canal <\/span>Road, <\/span>and <\/span>Jail <\/span>Road,\u201d <\/span>said <\/span>Lahore\u2019s <\/span>Chief <\/span>Traffic <\/span>Officer <\/span>(CTO) <\/span>Syed <\/span>Abdul <\/span>Rahim <\/span>Shirazi, <\/span>adding <\/span>that <\/span>\u201cspecial <\/span>traffic <\/span>police <\/span>teams <\/span>have <\/span>been <\/span>deployed <\/span>at <\/span>all <\/span>entry <\/span>and <\/span>exit <\/span>points <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>city <\/span>to <\/span>make <\/span>the <\/span>campaign <\/span>effective. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Through <\/span>the <\/span>campaign, <\/span>we <\/span>aim <\/span>to <\/span>reduce <\/span>deaths <\/span>of <\/span>motorcyclists, the <\/span>majority <\/span>of <\/span>those <\/span>killed <\/span>in <\/span>traffic <\/span>accidents <\/span>are <\/span>motorcyclists\u201d. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The <\/span>traffic <\/span>police <\/span>had <\/span>registered <\/span>139 <\/span>accidents <\/span>across <\/span>the <\/span>city <\/span>in <\/span>which <\/span>96 <\/span>motorcyclists <\/span>were <\/span>killed, <\/span>and <\/span>according <\/span>to <\/span>them.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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He <\/span>stated <\/span>that <\/span>more <\/span>than <\/span>73% <\/span>of <\/span>people <\/span>who die<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in <\/span>fatal <\/span>accidents <\/span>are <\/span>motorcyclists, <\/span>who <\/span>lose <\/span>their <\/span>lives <\/span>from <\/span>injuries, <\/span>including <\/span>head <\/span>injuries. <\/span><\/span>Shirazi <\/span>further <\/span>mentioned <\/span>that <\/span>out <\/span>of <\/span>over <\/span>8.2 <\/span>million <\/span>vehicles <\/span>in <\/span>Lahore, <\/span>there <\/span>are <\/span>more <\/span>than <\/span>6.1 <\/span>million <\/span>motorcycles <\/span>registered.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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These <\/span>motorcycles <\/span>not <\/span>only <\/span>account <\/span>for <\/span>the <\/span>majority <\/span>of <\/span>accidents <\/span>but <\/span>are <\/span>also <\/span>the <\/span>primary <\/span>cause <\/span>of <\/span>deaths <\/span>in <\/span>traffic <\/span>collisions. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Head <\/span>injuries, <\/span>a <\/span>major <\/span>cause <\/span>of <\/span>fatal <\/span>motorcycle <\/span>accidents, <\/span>have <\/span>reportedly <\/span>decreased <\/span>by <\/span>40% <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>city <\/span>following <\/span>the <\/span>recent <\/span>enforcement <\/span>efforts <\/span>targeting <\/span>riders <\/span>without <\/span>helmets, <\/span>according <\/span>to the <\/span>city <\/span>traffic <\/span>police\u2019s <\/span>estimations. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cThe <\/span>goal <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>enforcement <\/span>campaign <\/span>is <\/span>to <\/span>reduce <\/span>fatal <\/span>road <\/span>crashes, <\/span>not <\/span>to <\/span>fill <\/span>the <\/span>treasury <\/span>via <\/span>fines\u201d, <\/span>he <\/span>said. <\/span><\/span>\u201cI <\/span>appeal <\/span>to <\/span>citizens <\/span>of <\/span>Lahore <\/span>to <\/span>wear <\/span>helmets <\/span>for <\/span>your <\/span>safety <\/span>rather <\/span>than <\/span>out <\/span>of <\/span>fear <\/span>of <\/span>receiving <\/span>a <\/span>fine; <\/span>wearing <\/span>a <\/span>helmet <\/span>and <\/span>lane <\/span>driving <\/span>will <\/span>guarantee <\/span>your <\/span>safety\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: The Lahore Traffic Police will take strong action against motorcyclists moving around without helmets. The purpose behind this move is to prevent fatal road accidents across the metropolis. \u201cThe administration will not allow helmetless motorcyclists to ride on Main Boulevard, Mall Road, Canal Road, and Jail Road,\u201d said Lahore\u2019s Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Syed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":27004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[12889],"class_list":["post-116372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-lahore-traffic-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116373,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116372\/revisions\/116373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}