eware: Motor Vehicle Bill is Being Amended !

Sunday, March 4th, 2012 | by News desk

With the amendment of Motor Vehicle ill 1!"", the #entral $o%ernment seems to be in a bid to restructure im&lementation of traffic rules in the country' Stee& rise in cases of o%er s&eedin(, rash dri%in( resultin( in in)uries and deaths, drunken dri%in(, i(norin( the red si(nal etc seem to be the cause for the (o%ernment*s awakenin( +he amendment bill is to be &resented in the ,a)ya Sabha in the bud(et session that is to be(in on 12 March' +he re%ised Motor Vehicle -ct brin(s with it a series of &enalty. /fine* to be &aid by errin( dri%ers and motorists0 +alkin( o%er mobile &hones0 ,s 100 the first time, between ,s 2000 and ,s 1000 the second time' 2runken dri%in(. sta(e one0 ,s 2000 or 3 months in )ail or both for 40.30 m( of alcohol &er 100 ml of blood' 2runken dri%in(. sta(e two0 ,s 4000 or 1 year in )ail or both for 30.110 m( of alcohol &er 100 ml of blood' 2runken dri%in(. sta(e two 5,e&eat offence60 ,s "000 or 4 years in )ail or both 2runken dri%in(. sta(e three0 ,s 1000 or 2 years in )ail or both for 110 m( of alcohol &er 100 ml of blood' 2runken dri%in(. sta(e three 5,e&eat offence60 ,s 10,000 or 4 years in )ail or both' +he &enalty in this sta(e can lead to cancellation of dri%in( license too' 2ri%in( under influence of narcotics0 ,s 2000 or 3 months in )ail or both' 2ri%in( under influence of narcotics 5,e&eat offence60 ,s 1000 or 2 years in )ail or both' Serious in)ury in road accident0 ,s 10,000'

2eath in road accident0 ,s 1 lakh' Motor Vehicle 7nsurance -ct will be a new se&arate act and will (et rid of the section of unlimited liability, which fi(ures &rominently in the Motor Vehicle -ct of 1!""' Matters &ertainin( to insurance0 %ehicle insurance, com&ensation &ayment, commissions etc will mo%e to the Motor Vehicle 7nsurance -ct' +his act will soon be set to sha&e and dis&ensed by the Ministry of 8inance' +he re%ised Motor Vehicle 7nsurance -ct will do away with unlimited liabilities in claims of third &arty insurance' -ccordin( to the Ministry of 8inance &remiums of third &arty co%ers are dis&ensed by the (o%ernment' +he New act will cater to &ro%isions like a ca& of ,s 10 lakh and ,s 20 lakh on fault &rinci&le' +here will also be &ro%ision for interim recom&ense of ,s 1 lakh in case of death or &ermanent immobili9ation of %ictim' ,s 10,000 will be the com&ensation for &artial disablement that results in loss of limb, si(ht or (ross in)ury that leads to other &ermanent in)uries' :owe%er %ictims are re;uired to file for recom&ense in a s&an of 4 months from the date of accident' -lmost 1'4 million cases related to third &arty insurance claims remain &endin( at different tribunals and courts' +his has called for a need to rationali9e the &rinci&le for chartin( com&ensation under third &arty insurance' 7t has become a need of the hour' +he re%ised bill &ro&oses more &owers to states so that they can limit and re(ulate indenture carria(e on city routes after obtainin( &rior &ermission from #entral (o%ernment' State (o%ernment will be dele(ated added &ower re(ardin( issuin( of dri%in( licences, dis&osal of a&&eals, fitness certificates, re(istration cards, (rant of &ermits etc' +here will also be a time line set, to settle related matters' +he re%ised Motor Vehicles -ct will usher in ho&es of lesser accidents, with 141000 accidents recorded in 200!' +he statistics has been re%ealed by National #rime ,ecords ureau' +he fi(ures also re%eal that 7ndia leads the world in such cases, o%ertakin( #hina, its nearest com&etitor' 40< of such accidents in%ol%e two wheelers and trucks'

ut how has the (eneral &ublic welcomed it= - &eek into +witter0 Author Unknown > o(us?&erandi0 Motor Vehicles -ct . @ou can break all rulesAA'for e%erythin( else there*s Mastercard Abhishek >Babhishk0 7ndian (o%t increases fine by 1 times under d Motor Vehicles -ct' 2oes this mean when cau(ht 7 will h% to &ay more bribe to d traffic co&= Meenakashi Lekhi >MBCekhi0 -mend the Motor Vehicles -ctD ut &lease do amend the corru&t ill &lanned unscientific methods by which roads are desi(ned nd constructed jeyaram >)ey2!0 Ero&osed chan(es in motor %ehicles act will not act as a effecti%e deterrence a(ainst traffic rules %iolations sanjay kumar >sharsan)0 Motor Vehicles -ct 0 +raffic ,ules 0 8eel im&risonment uncalled for eFce&t in case of accidents' Monetory fine ?G Tejas Hattiangadi >+e):attian(adi0 Motor Vehicle -ct' Wow, (uess we should all ditch %ehicles and walk henceforth' Satbir Singh >thesatbir0 +he Motor Vehicles -ct doesn*t co%er non.motorised %ehicles like rickshaws H cycles, some of the bi((est rule breakers H traffic ha9ards' Ghazala Wahab >(ha9alawahab0 Since motor %ehicles r not the only users of roads shouldn*t d re%ised -ct factor in cattle, )ay walkers, cyclists and rickshaw.&ullers 2 Bhushan >bhushanlin(e0 -ll the brats will beha%e beautifully''#ourtesy stron(er MotorVehicles -ct Soulberry >Slbry0 Motor Vehicles -ct has lon( been a relati%ely toothless instrument and has trusted &ublic to be obedient' Siddhartha Agrawal >a(rsidd0 2on*t know hw modifyin( Motor Vehicles -ct wil hel&,wn d law &rotectors r ha&&ily corru&ted H V &refer corru&tin( dem instead of followin( law' :ow the citi9ens res&ect the new laws are to be seen0 will there be disci&line or will there be (reater lawlessness= ?nly time will re%ealA