Mysuru, Feb. 18 -- Residents' complaints trigger crackdown on wheelies, loud exhausts

As part of the National Road Safety Month campaign, Mysuru Police crushed 378 defective silencers seized during special drives against wheelies and modified exhausts on bikes and scooters, rendering them unusable.

The altered silencers were found to be causing severe noise pollution and inconvenience to road users, particularly senior citizens.

The silencers, confiscated during enforcement operations across the city in January, were destroyed using a road roller at the Police Canteen premises on Lalitha Mahal Road. Riders were issued challans under the Indian Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and in several cases, vehicles were detained until compliant silenc...