Under the new rules Rs 10,000 fine will be levied for not giving way to emergency vehicles and Rs 10,000 for driving despite disqualification.
The Ministry has notified through S.O. No 3110(E) dated 28th
August 2019 the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019 to be
applicable with effect from 1st September 2019.
The provisions include
provisions for enhanced penalties which are being notified now. The brief of
the provisions applicable with effect from 1st September 2019 is also provided
in the table. For these provisions, there are no further amendments in Central
Motor Vehicles Rules 1989 are required.
For the rest, the Ministry has initiated the process of
formulating the draft rules and as and when the process would be completed the
relevant provisions would be notified for implementation.
Under the new rules Rs 10,000
fine will be levied for not giving way to emergency vehicles and Rs 10,000 for
driving despite disqualification. Aggregators violating driving licences will
be fined up to Rs 1 lakh.
The changes were based on the
recommendations of transport ministers from 18 states, which were vetted by the
Standing Committee of Parliament. It also includes penalties in the range of Rs
1,000- 2,000 for over-speeding. As per the Bill, driving without insurance will
be punishable with Rs 2,000 fine, while driving without helmets will attract Rs
1,000 fine and 3-month suspension of licence. Guardian/owner will be deemed to
be guilty in case of road offence by juveniles while registration of the
vehicle will be cancelled.
Traffic violations would now attract a
penalty of Rs 500 in place of Rs 100 earlier, while disobedience of orders of
authorities will attract a minimum penalty of Rs 2,000 in place of Rs 500
earlier. Penalty for unauthorised use of vehicles without a licence has been
proposed at Rs 5,000 while those driving without a licence will have to shell
out the same amount and those found driving despite disqualification would be
fined Rs 10,000. Penalty for dangerous driving has been increased to Rs 5,000
from Rs 1,000, while drunken driving under will cost a fine of Rs 10,000.
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