Motor vehicles act 1988 enacted by Parliament of India in which there are laws about what is the rule for those who use the motor vehicle for travelling.
Why there is need of amendment?
- Motor vehicle act 1988 is inadequate with current issues.
- Penalty for violation of rule is quite low.
- The people who take multiple licence from different state.
- Since 2002, while road length has increased by 39% and the number of motor vehicles have increased by 158% that was huge amount of the changing scenario.
- The number of person killed in road accident.
- As per the report road accident in India 2016 road accident in India have decreased by 4% in 2016 from 2015 however facilities resulting from these accident have risen by about 3.2%.
- World Bank report says, road accident cost India about 3% of its GDP.
- Accordingly India is committed to reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries to 50% off by 2030
motor vehicles bill 2019.
1. Higher and additional penalties
- The fines have been increased by substantial amount by almost 10 times on certain offences.
- For drink and drive from Rs 2000 to Rs 10,000.
- For over speeding Rs 5,000 instead of the current 500 penalty.
- For not wearing a seatbelt or a helmet Rs100 to Rs 1000.
- Not giving way to emergency service such as an ambulance will have to give a fine of Rs 10,000.
2. New rules for issuing driving licence.
- Use of Aadhaar number will be mandatory for applying for driving licence and vehicle registration.
- The bill also reduces the validity of the driving licence from the current 20 year to just 10 year.
3. Recall for defective vehicles.
- In case of defective model sold complete reimbursement should be made to buyers.
- also the government could levy a fine of up to Rs 500 Crore in such a scenario.
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