Residents here in Kolkata consider themselves part of a sort of home security familyeveryone participates in keeping the place safe. The traffic police are a big part of this equation and there are a few ways to stay off their radar which you most certainly want to do. Here are some helpful tips
Don’t Speed: This seems simple enough but seriously, drive slower! They’re looking for cars driving recklessly or simply breaking the law – there’s not a lot of other crime here so they’ve got to keep themselves busy with something.
Don’t Hang Out Where They Hang Out: Kolkata cops love to frequent the places you’d expect: coffee shops, donut bars and all the best meat and three lunch hangouts. To avoid a run in with a traffic officer steer clear of these types of businesses.
Don’t Associate With Rif Raff: If you’re keeping back company, namely that with a record, the traffic police are going to know who you are. If you don’t want to be specifically followed when you’re driving be sure to keep your nose as clean as possible.

Driving in Kolkata is a dangerous affair and travelers should be aware of this fact. India leads the world in traffic related deaths with many of those deaths being tourists that are unfamiliar with Indian roads. Driving in Kolkata is a far different experience than driving anywhere else.

In other countries such as the United States or England driving is done with a certain sense of civic responsibility. Drivers practice defensive driving and are aware of the world around them while paying attention to the road. Drivers in Kolkata, however, are less than safe and often blatantly violate Read more »

The Kolkata Police Department, located in West Bengal, India, has jurisdiction in the city of Kolkata, originally known as Calcutta. It encompasses the regular duties of any police department, upholding the laws of the city, protecting the public, and ensuring a peaceful environment for all. As in any large city, there is a traffic department, dedicated to upholding the law of the land when it comes to automobiles on the road. Kolkata has limited, heavily congested road space that requires the full-time attention of the traffic force in order to keep traffic moving and have efficient arrival Read more »

When driving in Kolkata, you have to make sure that you are a safe driver, and that you follow all of the rules of the road, in order to ensure you do not violate a traffic violation, in turn getting a moving ticket infraction. So, to know that you are avoiding these infractions, and keep away from the Kolkata police, you have to know the rules of the road, obey the speed limits, and make sure that you follow all city specific rules that are in place for that area, while driving on the open Read more »

If you are ever pulled over by the police in Kolkata, you are going to learn that they will be administering a ticket, and if you decide to fight the claim in court, you will first have to go through the police department to get there. The reason that the police department oversees the traffic claims is the fact that it is such a small city, with so few inhabitants, that the locals really do not violate the traffic Read more »