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Road Safety Week 2018: 8 traffic laws you probably don’t know about
April 25, 2018
The 29th Road Safety Week kicked off yesterday. Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated the Road Safety Week at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
While the awareness about the Traffic laws has increased over the years, there are still many traffic movement rules that are not so popular among commuters.
In fact, the Motor Vehicle Act covers some violations that most people probably don’t know about.
These rules are there to protect the driver and the persons in or on the vehicle, however, hardly anyone follows them.
WITH THE ONGOING 29TH ROAD SAFETY WEEK, HERE ARE 8 LESSER-KNOWN TRAFFIC RULES YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT:
1.If you are stuck in a parking lot because someone parked his vehicle right in front of your exit, you can call the cops and that driver would have to pay a fine of Rs 100
2.Not having a functioning horn in your car may get you in trouble. The law says if a car is not having a horn to warn the other drivers on road, a fine of Rs 100 can be slapped on the driver
3.In Chennai and Kolkata, if a driver can’t get his or her passenger first aid in case of an accident, he or she may land in jail for three months or pay a fine of Rs 500
4.In Delhi-NCR, smoking inside the car attracts a fine of Rs 100
5.In Kolkata, parking one’s car in front of a public utility such as bus stops can attract a fine of Rs 100
6.If you are in Chennai and want to borrow your friend’s car, make sure that friend is well aware of the fact that you are taking the car. Not doing this may attract a fine of Rs 500 or worse, a three-month term in jail
7.In Mumbai, installing a TV or any video device on your dashboard is considered to be a punishable offence. A fine of Rs 100 can be slapped on the violator
8.If you are in Mumbai and you have left your car engine on while idle, get ready to pay Rs 100
Drive responsibly. Stay out of trouble.
