LUCKNOW, Nov. 28 -- As Traffic Awareness Month 2025 draws to a close, a detailed look at challan data from November 5 to 18 reveals that commuters in Lucknow largely ignored traffic rules throughout the month, with little to no behavioural change despite daily awareness drives, counselling, and strict enforcement. Traffic inspectors and sub-inspectors were deployed across city intersections every day to educate commuters. Yet the data indicates that the same violations that dominated the first week of November continued almost unchanged by mid-month. From November 5 to 17, helmet violations remained the biggest offence on city roads, recorded in the range of 750 to over 1,150 cases daily. Even on November 18, the last day for which data was shared this month, the pattern remained the same as 984 riders were caught without helmets, forming nearly half of the 2,283 challans issued that day. Daily numbers for triple riding between November 5 and 17 mostly hovered between 140 and 200 cases, and the situation on November 18 remained the same with 179 challans issued for the offence.Similarly, wrong-side driving, one of the riskiest violations, showed no improvement. Between November 5 and 17, daily cases remained between 45 to 70, and on November 18, police booked 54 instances, mirroring the same trend. No-parking and defective number plate violations remained consistent across the two weeks. For instance, on November 5, 209 no-parking cases were booked, while on November 14, police recorded 95. By November 18, the figure rose again to 184, still matching the general pattern seen earlier in the month. Faulty number plate cases stayed steady too, typically between 70 and 105 per day during the first two weeks, with 103 such violators booked on November 18.Vehicle seizure numbers also showed no significant fluctuation. Throughout November 5-17, police seized between 35 to 45 vehicles daily, and on November 18, the count remained similar at 25 seized vehicles, reflecting a continued struggle with repeat and serious offenders.As Traffic Awareness Month concludes, enforcement teams say the consistency of violations from the first week to November 18 proves that the larger challenge lies in changing long-term road behaviour, not merely running month-long campaigns.DCP traffic Kamlesh Dixit said, "Despite continuous counselling and announcements, motorists continue to ignore basic safety norms. Drive against traffic violators will continue."htc...