LUCKNOW, July 16 -- A month since the launch of 42 high-performance 'Racer Mobile' units by Lucknow Police, the ambitious traffic response initiative seems to have lost its momentum already.

The Racer units are equipped with cameras, loudhailers, breath analysers and communication tools to make traffic enforcement smarter and faster. However, instead of serving as agile problem-solvers, most of the units are allegedly either stationed passively or used for routine patrol duty.

Eighty-four cops were assigned to operate these bikes equipped with modern tools and swiftly break gridlocks. Lucknow Police had said that these bikes would be clustered at major junctions and sensitive points so that they could be mobilised rapidly.

However, man...