RAWALPINDI, Jan 10: The Punjab government has introduced “ticket system” from Thursday to streamline traffic flow and root out corruption from the traffic department, the authorities concerned said.

However, people were of the view that the system would further promote corruption in the traffic department.

Under the system, six counters have been set up in different parts of the city from where the driver, who had been booked, can collect the documents of his vehicle.

In the first phase, no police officer, below the rank of an ASI, will be eligible for issuing the ticket. There are 50 tickets in a book, and each ticket contains five copies of the challan. No police officer will have the authority to waive off the fine.

Fine ranging from Rs50 to Rs300 can be deposited with the nearest branch of the National Bank of Pakistan within 10 days of the issuance of the ticket.

The documents will be sent to the court if a person fails to collect them within 10 days.

The six counters, set up by the police, will remain open from 7am to 7pm.

The fine for overspeeding, overloading and traffic signal violation is Rs300, faulty lights (head-lights and indicators) Rs200; tainted glasses, Rs200; lane violation, Rs100; entry of truck into the city, Rs300; wrong parking, Rs200; dangerous driving, Rs300; absence of licence, Rs300; pressure horns, Rs300; smoke emission, Rs200; teenage drivers, Rs300; absence of registration papers, Rs200; absence of permit, Rs300; absence of fitness certificate, Rs 300; other violations (three persons riding a motorcycle), Rs200 and fine for lane violation by a motorcyclist is Rs50.

This system has already been introduced in the NWFP and Sindh.