- Honest Officer
- 12 years ago
- 1486 views
Bribe for parking at no parking zone
My car was parked next to my house when a transport tempo driver hit front left bumper while reversing. We caught him red handed and he had to accept his mistake.
But, he wouldn't part with the compensation demanded by us as none of us wanted to deal with the police. Finally, we decided to take him to the Jeevanbheema Nagar Traffic Police station.
I was expecting very rude and unfriendly behavior from the cops. But, I was surprised to see a "Welcome" sign on the front gate. We were attended promptly by one of the officers and he checked the damage caused to both vehicles and noted down the details.
I was expecting the next step to involve a demand for bribe i.e. registering FIR. To my surprise, they just carried on with the process. They also advised us to get a repair estimate from a reputed garage nearby before filing a case as the accused could get away with just a fine and the whole process could get delayed by 2-3 days.
So, we went to couple of garages and got estimates from them. The estimate was less than what we had demanded as compensation. But, we didn't mind as long as the accused paid it. Luckily, the accused realized the futility and additional loss of time if we filed a case (since the cops seem to be cooperating with us). So, he paid up the estimated repair amount and thus we arrived at a compromise.
It's upto you to judge if we did the right thing or not and whether the cops were right in advising us to compromise instead of chasing courts. But, I felt better that they didn't demand a bribe or act rudely or made it difficult for us.
Looks like IPAB has made an impact on the Traffic Police Department :)