Motorists in Haryana will not be stopped for getting their documents checked if they do not "visibly" break any traffic rule, state police chief Manoj Yadava said here Thursday.
He said these instructions have been given to all the commissioners of police, inspector general of police traffic and highways and district superintendents of police to stop checking of documents if a vehicle rider has not violated any traffic and road safety rules.
The Director General of Police, however, made it clear that a driver's license, vehicle registration, among others, would still be checked for prevention of crime and detection measures like sealing of an area after a heinous crime as well as during night patrolling exercises.
"Documents would be checked and subsequently challan may also be issued incase any driver is found to have committed any visible traffic violation," an official release quoting Yadava said.
"The objective of implementing this novel initiative is to make motorists follow traffic rules, to ensure road safety to the maximum and to curb violations on roads," he said.
Yadava said the prime purpose of routine traffic checking is to ensure road safety and to educate and make people aware about having a safe journey.
"No unit of the district police, including the traffic, would conduct traffic checks solely for the purpose of ascertaining whether the driver has complete documents. Safe driving by following the traffic rule would also help in preventing road accidents," he added.