The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has introduced new traffic regulations to bring the standards closer to the international level.
In the latest development, Hamza Shafqaat, the District Magistrate Islamabad, has imposed a section 144 ban on the installation, sales and purchase of High-Intensity Discharge(HID) lights in cars.
The notice was issued on Thursday night, which can be seen below.
The SSP Islamabad Traffic Police tweeted confirmation of this step and said they would start taking action from today.
https://twitter.com/SSPITP/status/1174746117252235264
The notification points to the fact that HID lights are a menace which causes problems for incoming traffic and have led to fatal accidents.
It has also been noticed that at times the HID lights installed are cheap in nature and can cause short-circuiting which leads to the vehicle catching fire. Several similar incidents happened a couple of years ago and the mystery could not be solved until the manufacturers discovered that the actual issue was custom installation of HID lights.
what if cars are sold with these lights?
very good Action
Some manufacturers are also selling HID lights equipped vehicles,they must be stopped. At country level All bike+car HID lights should be banned.Govt should start a massive crack down against these lights.
you are confusing HIT with projector lights. manufacturers are offering projector lamps which are good to go. cheap people install HIDs and blind on coming traffic.
who is he to give opinion? instead of banning, he should do he is job!
Your comment is totally pathetic and denies the problems caused by those lights.
This should be implemented in all of Pakistan. It gets very annoying to drive when a car with these lights is directly behind you.
Sometimes I have to adjust my rear-view mirror in such a way that the glare reflects back to the car behind me. Usually they move to the side really quickly after that
A very good step, HID are ruining drive safe policy. Two thumbs up.
very good decision bane on HID light use and sale and it should be banned all over pakistan
I drive around up and down Punjab and Karachi. These lights are a menace and blind people even on the opposite tracks. People using them normally put them on high beams to force other drivers to give way at the cost of the their safety. Good action. Should be implemented throughout the county, why in Islamabad only.
Instead of TWO months ban, it should be made permanently banned and heavy fine be imposed like in DUBAI and other sensible countries.