Speeding drivers ordered to do sit-ups on buses

“Private buses in Indore that were speeding near the city council were stopped by the public near the City Council office and the bus drivers were made to climb atop their buses and do 100 sit-ups each as punishment,” reported the Republic World newspaper in Mumbai, India.

“The Indore police took traffic law enforcement in their hands in a hysteric way today when they instructed private bus drivers to do sit-ups for breaking speed limits, their only aim being that every driver is taught to ensure that no accidents happen in the future.

“The residents of Rau district in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, were fed up of accidents and lack of pedestrian safety due to speeding buses. Their locality is densely congested and pedestrians lives are always in danger. Eye-witnesses said that as many as five private bus drivers were forced to climb on the roof of their buses and made to do 100 sit-ups each as punishment for speeding. A video recording of the humiliation went viral on social media.

“The Rau Municipality President Mr. Shivnarayan Dingu told agencies: ‘Drivers of bus services operating from Indore to Mhow, Manpur and Pithampur don’t care for the lives of pedestrians. They drive at great speed on the narrow congested roads as reaching a stop earlier gives them the chance to pick up more passengers.'”

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