The Guntur district police have intensified visible policing and vehicle checks across the district to prevent road accidents during night hours and ensure the safety of motorists, following directions from Superintendent of Police Vakul Jindal.

As part of the initiative, special vehicle inspections are being conducted at the Guntur tollgate, national highways, major junctions, busy areas and accident-prone locations. Highway patrol teams are conducting continuous patrols and checking vehicles from night until early morning.

The police have introduced the “Stop – Wash and Go” programme to prevent fatigue-related accidents involving lorry, bus and other drivers who travel for long hours at night. Drivers are being advised to stop briefly, take rest, wash their faces with water and resume their journey only after becoming alert.

Police have urged fatigued drivers to park their vehicles only at designated parking areas or safe rest centres instead of stopping on road margins. Parking on highway margins could pose a serious risk to other road users, they warned.

Mr. Jindal in a statement on Wednesday said that, strict action would be taken against motorists violating traffic rules, including overspeeding, driving on the wrong route, drunk driving and carrying passengers beyond permitted limits.

The police said public safety remained their primary objective.