After so many road accidents every year Rajya Saba strictly approved the motor vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2013, with stern provisions for road safety on Wednesday to reduce the road accidents in the country. Rajya Sabha passed the Saba strictly bill with 108 votes against 13 after the discussion. Amendment proposals of opposition members brought on the bill were voiced in a nutshell. If anyone will not follow these Traffic Rules then the penalty will be charged double or triple by the Police Constable.

This bill was passed in the Lok Sabha last week. But due to the 'some minor error of printing' in the bill, the government has to make three amendments to fix it. Due to these amendments, this bill will now be again in the Lok Sabha. Responding to the discussion on the Bill in the Upper House, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari illuminated that the government has no intention of interfering in the rights of the states through the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill.

Below there are 10 New Amendment which was made by Rajya Sabha to reduce Road Accident

  • The Bill has made strict provisions to reduce road accidents. The provision of strict penalties for violation of rules like driving, unauthorized driving, dangerous vehicle driving, running a car from a specified limit, and keeping more people from fixed standards or driving more goods by adolescent minors. has gone. There is a proposal to impose a penalty on emergency vehicles such as ambulances.
  • While driving, mobile usage, jumping traffic lights and driving in the wrong direction will be kept in the category of 'Dangerous Driving'.

If the emergency vehicles are not given place, the driver will be fined 10 thousand rupees. 10,000 fines for driving despite the ineligibleness There is a provision to impose a penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh on taxi aggregators who violate the driving license.

  • If you drive at a high speed, you will get a penalty of one thousand to two thousand rupees. 
  • Fines of Rs 2 thousand for non-insurer driving, a fine of one thousand rupees for running helmets without a helmet and the license for three months can be suspended.

If a driver of an underage driver is found involved in any road crime, the owner or guardian of the vehicle will be held guilty. For this, the jail and registration of three years will be cancelled with 25,000 fines.

  • On the traffic violation, a penalty of Rs. 500 will be given instead of Rs. 100.
  • Fine penalty for unauthorized use of the unauthorized vehicle will be Rs 5,000.
  • Fines for dangerous driving will be increased from Rs. 1000 to Rs. 5,000 If you drink alcohol, you will be paid 10,000 as a fine
  • In case of overloading, a fine of 20 thousand rupees will be required. (Also from input-language).