Following the backlash on imposing a blanket ban on non ISI marked helmets, the Bengaluru City traffic police have decided to withd its drive on substandard helmetsThe crackdown that was supposed to start from February , , has been called off after the city traffic police asked for clarification from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

Bengaluru Traffic Police Puts a Ban on Imported Helmets (Source Times of India Newspaper) Brands like Bell, Shark, HJC, LS and many more offer helmets over INR Ban over imported helmets will cause maximum loss to themThese are equipped with more safety and offer added nose, chin and eye protection than ISI marked helmets.

The traffic police had decided to launch the drive following a similar campaign, Operation Safe Drive, started by their counterparts in MysuruFour days prior to the crackdown, which was

The Bangalore and Mysore Police department have lately been reprimanding two wheeler riders for wearing a non ISI helmet while commuting in the cityImported helmets such as DOT, ECE, SNELL were

Tit Bit BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) says that the conformance of helmet to Indian Standard cannot be assessed through a visual examinationIn a letter to traffic commissioner, BIS wrote about the usage of substandard helmets without ISI certification and said that the verification of the same is not a practical task to accomplish.

In a volte face, Karnatakas Traffic Police Department has withdn the ISI helmet rule for motorcycle and scooter riders and pillions of that stateJust a week back, traffic police officials of Karnataka had conducted a drive against non ISI branded helmets, seizing a lot of non ISI helmets and fining riders and pillions found wearing such

The city traffic polices special drive against motorists and pillion riders using substandard helmets without ISI certification has proven to be a damp squib even before it could take offFour

The Bangalore police has decided to stop its drive against non ISI branded helmetsThe Bangalore police have decided to not prosecute helmets without the ISI mark as there is no way to ascertain

From February, wearing a helmet with an ISI mark will be mandatory in BengaluruThe orders to enforce the rule in Bengaluru city comes days after the Mysuru polices campaign against poor

Following the backlash on imposing a blanket ban on non ISI marked helmets, the Bangalore City traffic police have decided to withd its drive on substandard helmetsBangalore traffic policeThe Bangalore traffic police has called off its crackdown on non ISI marked helmets after seeking clarification from the BIS, which clarified that