After concerns are raised, Mysuru police justify roadside vehicle checks Updated: Updated: Share Article Mysuru traffic police conducting roadside checks. | Photo Credit: M.A. SRIRAM The stepping up of roadside checking for traffic offences has become a cause for concern in some quarters, but the police claim it is necessary to not only check the flagrant flouting of traffic rules, but also recover long-pending traffic penalty dues. Former corporator K.V. Mallesh, who is also president of Anikethana Seva Trust K.V., recently wrote to the Mysuru city police against the practice of the traffic police flagging down motorists on the road. Instead, adopt technology to book traffic violations, he suggested.