India, Jan. 9 -- As part of a major data-driven traffic review, the Regional Transport Office (RTO) Kashmir has revealed that at least 1,257 two-wheeler riders across Jammu and Kashmir have been booked for repeated offences of not wearing helmets.
Officials said that over 1,000 of these violators were reported from the Kashmir division alone, highlighting a rising trend of non-compliance with road safety rules despite repeated awareness drives and enforcement measures.
According to official data, the RTO Kashmir jurisdiction Srinagar, accounts for 1,051 such vehicles, making it the region with the highest number of repeated traffic violations related to helmet use.
The data says, Budgam recorded 52, Jammu 54, Baramulla 19, Pulwama 17 and...