'Girlfriend waiting', 'dog ate my licence': Netizens share most creative excuses for violating traffic rules on social media

Social media users shared the "most creative excuses" for violating traffic rules in response to a Delhi Police tweet on Friday. Some of these included, 'Dog ate my driving licence', 'can't wear seat belt, (I am) expecting' and 'girlfriend is waiting.'

The responses were listed on a Delhi Police tweet asking users to share their most creative excuses to traffic police to evade penalty for violation of rules.

"What are the most creative excuses you've given to Traffic Police after violating rules?" the police tweeted.



The replies ranged from hilarious, witty, imaginative to mundane.

A user wrote, "Sir, GF wait kar rahi hai. Breakup ho jayega. (Sir, girlfriend is waiting, she will break up) And this worked every time."

"Sir. Pahli baar hai...chhod do....next time make sure it will not happen (Sir, this is my first time, won't happen again)," said another.

"Sir, we are students and don't have money (One day caught for not wearing a helmet)," responded Saurabh Shyamal in a tweet.

"Sir, mummy ka tabiyat kharab hai medicine lene ja raha hu. (Mother is unwell, going to buy medicine) I was without helmet," said another user sharing his experience.

A woman wrote, "Can't wear belt, expecting."

The users not only shared excuses used by them but also listed the excuses used by their friends and loved ones.

"Sharing my friend's excuse: Sir biwi ka affair chal raha h kisi ke saath, Hauz Khas me baithi h abhi uske saath (Sir, wife is having an affair. She is sitting with her lover in Hauz Khas)," informed a social media user.

A few users also complained about Delhi Police's behaviour.

"Plz (please) check traffic police on duty nearby CP (Connaught Place ). They always try to issue challan or threaten in the name of red light jump..actually no violation," tweeted a user.

Maximum excuses were linked to family like they are going to drop their kids to school, revealed a senior official of the Delhi Traffic Police while sharing the most common excuses that people have made.

"They are going to hospital to visit someone. It depends on the offence also. If someone talking on the phone, they tell us that it was their boss and they had to attend it. When two-wheelers get caught without helmet, they say that they are local and live in nearby area," PTI quoted the official as saying.

(With inputs from PTI)