Bhubaneswar, March 18: Next time you flout traffic rules, be prepared to go back to school.

The classroom is almost ready where police are going to impart traffic lessons to violators.

The police have come up with an auditorium where violators will be shown an hour-long documentary on traffic rules. The construction is almost over and it is coming up at the traffic police station at AG Square.

The auditorium will have a seating capacity of 50. School students and other corporate officials will also be invited for lessons.

"We will show them footages of road accidents in the city captured on CCTVs and teach them how to avoid mistakes," said assistant commissioner of police Jatindra Kumar Panda.

He also said that the violators would also be taught how to park their vehicles properly along with proper use of brakes during driving.

Earlier in December last year, the police had released a video clip by compiling road accidents captured on CCTVs in the city.

The aim was to make commuters aware about maintaining traffic rules to avoid accidents.

Despite frequent crackdown by the police, people seem to give two hoots about rules and are seen riding without helmets and seat belts.

While the cops have penalised 97,859 people in 2014, the number of offenders detected went to 1.05 lakh in 2015. Last year, the cops had collected a whopping Rs 2.58 crore as penalty from violators. Moreover, as many as 175 people died in 600 road accidents in 2015 and 177 died in 516 road mishaps in 2014.

The police said they would request various schools and colleges to send the students to watch the films.

"We will run the show five or six times a day depending on the availability of our men. Besides, we will also ask the corporate houses to send their employees to the auditorium for traffic awareness," said a police official.

In 2011, the police had started broadcasting two short films in various theatres in the city to educate people on traffic rules and violations.

Screening of Ehsaas and Afsosh was, however, discontinued after a few days as the makers wanted to modify the content, said a police official. While Ehsaas focused on reckless and drunk driving, Afsosh portrayed the plight of accident victims.

Last week, the transport department had convened a meeting where it decided to make a film of its own which will be screened in theatres.

In February, the police had roped in a Delhi-based organisation to conduct road safety audit in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.

In the first phase, the organisation would conduct a study of the stretch between Pitapalli in Bhubaneswar and Manguli in Cuttack on the national highway.

Besides, the organisation would also conduct study of one each stretch in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, which is accident-prone.

It would also suggest the cops about measures needed to be taken to reduce road mishaps in these stretches.

The organisation would start its work this month.