Motor vehicles including, automobiles was first
introduced in India at the end of 19th century. And to regulate
their use 1914 Act was the first to be codified which had 18 sections under it.
Government plays a vital role in a citizen’s life by
implementing laws and regulations as they are warnings for our safety only and
we must follow it, as good laws are the offspring of bad actions only. With
evolving times laws for automobile also evolved, from 1914 Act to Indian Motor
Vehicle Act1924, Motor
Vehicles Act 1939, which came into
force in 1940.
Later, Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 was introduced which regulated all
aspects of road transport vehicles including both transport and non-transport
vehicles. The Act provides details of legislative
provisions regarding licensing of drivers/conductors, registration of motor vehicles, control of motor vehicles
through permits, special provisions relating to state transport undertakings, traffic
regulation, insurance, liability, offences and penalties, etc.
To exercise the above
legislative provisions Government of India created Central Motor Vehicle Rules in 1989 and made sure that all the rules under the Act are
enforced in a well organized manner, as no laws are better than laws not
enforced.
Then again in 2016, Union Cabinet chaired by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi gave the approval to new amended motor vehicle bill in
2016.
The step was taken
to address the issue of road safety and to enhance the customer experience
while dealing with the Ministry of Road Transport
& Highways which is constituted of Group of Transport Ministers.
Amendments on the
existing rule were made to improve the transport scenario in India and to
address the issue of road safety by lowering down accidents and fatalities by
50% as over 5 lakh road accidents in a year are reported in the country in
which over 1.5 lakh people lose their lives.
The bill aims to amend
68 sections out of 223, it also state the increase in compensation for hit
& run cases from Rs. 25000 to Rs. 2 lakhs and payment of compensation upto
Rs 10 lakh in road accidents fatalities.
In case, of offence committed by the
Juveniles owner/guardian will be deemed guilty and juvenile to be tried under
JJ Act, registration of the vehicle would be cancelled as well.
With the aim to properly implement the
bill electronic detection devices will be installed to detect the violation like juvenile driving, drunken driving, driving without license,
dangerous driving, over-speeding, overloading etc. and people who will break
these rules will face strict punishments.
Bill also contemplate to mandate the automated
fitness testing of vehicles by october’2018 which will reduce the corruption in
transport department while decreasing the human interference and will also
increase the road worthiness of the vehicle.
Government is playing its part for
pollution free India, but laws alone cannot secure the country until every man
present in the country follows them in an organized manner.
So, let’s come together and help
government to work towards the common vision of pollution free advance India.
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