by Automatic number plate recognition takes over enforcement duties once handled by shrugging attendants
A rule enforced now by cameras rather than conversation
Petrol pumps across Delhi have stopped dispensing fuel to vehicles without valid Pollution Under Control certificates, with compliance monitored through camera-based automatic number plate recognition systems, according to All India Radio’s news coverage. Drivers who once relied on a friendly attendant looking the other way now face a considerably less negotiable audience, a lens with no patience for excuses about a certificate that expired last month.
A system that does not accept a good explanation
Camera enforcement removes the human variable entirely, a genuinely effective compliance tool that also means the classic Delhi tradition of talking your way past a rule has met its match at the pump.
Drivers scramble to renew certificates
Pollution testing centres report a noticeable surge in vehicles seeking certification since the policy took effect, suggesting the threat of an empty tank motivates compliance considerably faster than any awareness campaign managed on its own.
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No certificate, no fuel, no negotiating with the camera. For more Delhi enforcement coverage, visit All India Radio News. For more British satire on a related theme, see The London Prat’s Royal Family After Sussex Return News.
