In Karnataka if traffic rules are broken the police will pay a visit to your home and collect unpaid fines or tow your vehicle.  The police have started cracking down vehicle owners.  “In the past, we would keep an eye out for repeat offenders, but this was not yielding the desired results,” a senior police officer said.  The practice of naming and shaming repeat offenders was  started a few months ago.  Details of 500 vehicles with the most number of violations were posted online along with the name and address of the owners.  In 22,376 cases 500 vehicles are involved but are yet to pay fine.  Autorickshaws top the list with 123 cases and ends with a private car(36).  This move, the police hoped, would result in people paying up pending fines.  However, the success rate was just 50%.  “Now, we visit the offenders at their registered address, talk to the vehicle owner and get them to pay up.  If not, their vehicle is confiscated,” said R. Hithendra, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic).  In 2017, the BTP has tried several methods to persuade motorists to follow traffic rules from ‘Zero Tolerance’ junctions to towing vehicles and spot-checking squads.   However, the number of violations continues to rise, officers say.  Around 91 lakh violations have been recorded last year.  Around 26 lakh cases have been recorded till March alone.  To track down the owners it is not easy but a sizeable portion of the top 500 violators comprise commercial vehicles.   “Autorickshaws and other goods vehicles often change hands several times.   The current owner may not have updated the address in the records.   As a result, we end up going to the wrong address.   Often, challans don’t reach the current owner,” said Mr. Hithendra.