Mangalore : Traffic police in Mangalore, have seized as many as 125 sub-standard helmets in an operation against unauthorized helmets in Mangalor on January 21 and 22. As many as 50 helmets were seized in Bunder police station limits alone.
Though the state government has made ISI mark helmets mandatory for two-wheeler riders as a precautionary measure, what has been noticed is that 80 per cent of the two-wheeler riders are having sub-standard helmets which are of no use in protecting lives at times of accidents. There is a report that even the helmets sold in the market are of sub-standard nature.