Traffic Fines in Goa

The Government of India in a bid to reduce the number of traffic violations in the country has proposed increasing traffic penalties under the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019. Under this newly amended Act, traffic fines and penalties were revised and increased by almost 200% of their original amount, which implied a huge dent on vehicle owners’ monthly spending due to driving errors.

But even though these fines were supposed to be implemented countrywide from the 1^st September 2019, there were several states that were hesitant about doing the same.

Why you ask?

Well, unfeasibility is one such reason that was cited by many states for putting their implementation on hold. Following this, states like Gujarat, Karnataka and now, Goa has decided to slash traffic rates as put forth under the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019.

In Goa, these new fines, reduced from the amended MV Act, are slated to be implemented from January 2020.

Back in November 2019, Goa’s Transport Minister Mr Mauvin Godinho had announced that the state would implement the enhanced fines, as put forth by the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act.

In this respect, he had also relayed that Goa will follow the Gujarat model, where a few of these fines have also been reduced from rates suggested under this amended Act, while the rest remain same.

Mr Godinho has also announced that they will be moving forward with the implementation of the revised fines from January-2020 onwards, owing to the unfavourable conditions of the roads in Goa. The repair work for the roads in Goa is underway and expected to be completed by December 2019.

Let us now take a look at Goa traffic fines that you are liable to pay for various traffic violations.

In a bid to fulfil the Centre’s attempt to introduce cashless transactions in every sphere of life the system of e-Challan has been introduced pan India.

The E-challan – Digital Traffic/Transport Enforcement Solution is an initiative undertaken by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to facilitate online payment of traffic fines in India.

This automated E-challan is issued if you violate any traffic rule which is detected by the cameras placed strategically on every road. Following this, you will receive an SMS that will notify you of the challan issued and present you with detailed information about the time, date and place of the traffic violation.

If you receive the challan, you will need to pay the traffic fine within 60 days of receiving it!

Take a look at the process!

Check Your e-Challan

To check your challan details, you will need to follow the steps mentioned below –

• Visit the official website for e-Challan.
• Click on the tab – “Check Challan Status” on the homepage.
• Provide details like the challan number, driving license, vehicle number, etc.
• Enter the Captcha that appears and click on “Get Details”.
• If there are no challans issued under your name, you will get a message for the same. If there is a challan, it will appear in the “challan status”.

Here goes the process to check the e-Challan. Now, what about how to pay it?

Take a look!

Pay the Traffic Fine Online

Following the process to check your challan online, below are the steps to pay the fine amount –

• After checking the “challan status,” you will find the payment option through the “Pay Now” tab.
• After clicking on it, you will be required to select the mode of payment according to your convenience – whether through debit card, credit card or Net Banking.
• Enter the payment details.

.. and you are done!