There aren’t many places on the face of this planet like our country, the unique sights, smell and sounds make it a place, one of it’s kind. When it comes to the people which include you and me, we have to agree, we aren’t as good as our nation. We litter, we act insensitive, we do everything that suggests we are foreigners in our own nation. Our road manners are famous for the wrong reasons, our city roads are more dangerous than the ‘Death Road’ in Bolivia and some of us still think, unless there is Alcohol inside us, the car won’t start.
All of this should change, we hope it changes, we will change and we want you, the reader, to be a part of this change. Apparently, the Government which went through a change feels the same. The Transport Minister had earlier announced amendments in the Motor Vehicles Act, for which a bill needs to be passed in the Parliament. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has now said it needs three months to review the current Motor Vehicles Act and thereafter will introduce it afresh in Parliament.
Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said, “We need three months to study the (Motor Vehicle) Act in its totality and then we will try and bring it in Parliament in its next session.”
Gadkari, on June 5, had said that the government in a month’s time will re-draft the Motor Vehicle amendment bill, which will be in sync with six advanced nations – US, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Germany and the UK, and thereafter will introduce it in Parliament.
Repeated violations of traffic rules resulting in cancellation of driving license is likely to be one of the major amendments to the Bill.
“If anyone violates the road rules more than three times, his driving licence will be suspended for six months and if he continues to violate after that, then the driving licence will be cancelled. These are some of the considerations as part of redrafting the Motor Vehicles bill,” the Minister had said. He added that the Act should be as per international standards.
Several provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act of 1988, especially those related to penalties for violations, have not been found to be effective in checking road accidents. The last time the Act was amended was in 2001.
Source: ET
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I think apart from strengthening the rules, we need to strengthen the enforcement of these rules.
I have seen many times police people break laws and many times they charge innocent people with fake charges.
Technology should be brought into this, as our policemen are not so trust worthy, whom we can depend for enforcement.
I think we need something like : Traffic Enforcement Camera.
Link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_enforcement_camera
Excellent on paper. But is Mr Gadkari aware that once a driver is able to miss traffic cop he is free to roam around. Our cops are powerless guys. They can catch harmless violators only and knowing their lack of power to catch large culprits they somehow take some money from minors and let them go.
Seems this issue of implementation is not taken care. We need to reduce the punishment. But increase police effectiveness such that a voilator cannot escape even if a politician or businessman. They must be recorded. Just a fear of getting caught is sufficient to curb traffic voilations.
it is not the laws which are flawed it is the implementation. Even today if we see a traffic cop standing nearby we don’t violate any traffic rule, even though there is a minor penalty.
what id amendment will have as aftereffects is increase in corruption. Not the cops will charge more to “help” us in not getting our driving license suspended / cancelled.
Sad to read your post. If you aren’t breaking any law, why should you be afraid of police?
more reasons for kerala police to harass! innocent riders! -.-