Hyderabad set to make rear seat belts mandatory
2 years, 1 month ago

Hyderabad set to make rear seat belts mandatory

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: As a consequence of industrialist Cyrus Mistry’s fatal road accident on September 4 in Maharashtra, the traffic police intends to make seat belts compulsory for rear seat passengers in four wheelers. DCP Traffic N. Prakash Reddy said that police would take up a drive to create awareness on the need for rear passengers to wear seat belts after a week, and would start penalising motorists from November 14. A senior official of Hyderabad traffic police said cars which are not equipped with seat belts for the rear seat needed to get them fitted. Following Cyrus Mistry’s death, the Union road transport ministry had made it mandatory for all car manufacturers to install seat belts for rear passengers.

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Guest Column: Let’s buckle up! A critical imperative for Indian roads
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Guest Column: Let’s buckle up! A critical imperative for Indian roads

Hindustan Times  

Seat belts are often perceived as an inconvenience rather than the life-saving tool they are by a majority of drivers and passengers in India. Seat belts provide crucial protection, as tragically evidenced by accidents like the recent July 2024 Delhi-Mumbai Expressway crash, which claimed two lives, or the fatal Mahendergarh school bus accident in April 2024 in which six students …

3 months on, rear seat belt rule being implemented arbitrarily, say motorists
1 year, 9 months ago

3 months on, rear seat belt rule being implemented arbitrarily, say motorists

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Three months since the state government made it mandatory for passengers in rear seats of vehicles to wear seat belts, the rule has remained arbitrary in its implementation, leaving motorists confused. Issues like double parking and triple seat riding pose greater problems in managing traffic and are also dangerous,” said Bapat, who was fined for not wearing a rear …

Mumbai: Seat Belts Mandatory for Every Passenger in Cars from Nov 1, 2022
2 years, 1 month ago

Mumbai: Seat Belts Mandatory for Every Passenger in Cars from Nov 1, 2022

News 18  

All the occupants in a car will need to wear seat belts from November 1, 2022 in Mumbai. The official notification further read that the carrying passengers without seat belt in cars would be punishable under relevant sections of the motor vehicle act. “All motor vehicle drivers and all commuters in vehicles, whoever travels on the road of Mumbai City …

Seat belts compulsory for all passengers in cars in Mumbai from tomorrow: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Seat belts compulsory for all passengers in cars in Mumbai from tomorrow: Report

Hindustan Times  

From tomorrow, all passengers travelling in a car in Mumbai must wear seat belts. The Mumbai Police earlier this month had notified making it compulsory for all passengers seated in the car to wear seat belts from November 1, 2022. Not just Mumbai, even the Delhi Traffic Police carried out a campaign to create awareness among commuters to wear rear …

Rear seat passengers in cars and SUVs too have to wear seat belts, or risk ₹1,000 penalty in Karnataka
2 years, 2 months ago

Rear seat passengers in cars and SUVs too have to wear seat belts, or risk ₹1,000 penalty in Karnataka

The Hindu  

The Director General and Inspector General of Police Praveen Sood on Tuesday directed all commissionerates and traffic department heads and superintendents of police of all the districts to enforce compulsory wearing of seat belt for all the passengers of motor vehicles with not more than eight seats, with an enhanced fine of ₹1,000. Quoting a recent order of the Union …

Mumbai makes backseat seatbelts mandatory from November 1
2 years, 2 months ago

Mumbai makes backseat seatbelts mandatory from November 1

India Today  

Buckle up even if you are not at the wheel or face the music. From November 1, seatbelts will be mandatory for all car passengers, as per a notification issued by the Mumbai Police on Friday. “All motor vehicle drivers and all commuters in vehicles, whoever travels on the roads of Mumbai City are hereby informed that it will be …

WEAR rear seat belt or get ready to pay this amount as fine in Delhi
2 years, 3 months ago

WEAR rear seat belt or get ready to pay this amount as fine in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Traffic Police has launched a road safety drive to push people to use rear seat belts. The Delhi Police officer said a campaign is already in place to spread public awareness regarding the importance of wearing seat belts. Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said wearing seat belts is mandatory for all passengers of a car, including those …

How can India make its cars safer and save lives?
2 years, 3 months ago

How can India make its cars safer and save lives?

Business Standard  

Why do I need to wear a seat belt if I am in the back seat? According to the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, those seated in the front seat or occupying front-facing rear seats must wear seat belts. Against this backdrop, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said the Centre would now enforce the rule …

India asks Amazon to stop selling seatbelt alarm blockers after Cyrus Mistry's death in road accident
2 years, 3 months ago

India asks Amazon to stop selling seatbelt alarm blockers after Cyrus Mistry's death in road accident

India Today  

The Indian government has requested Amazon to stop selling devices that are designed to turn off car seatbelt alerts. The transport minister Nitin Gadkari is rolling out new rules and measures related to road safety following the recent death of ex- Tata Chairman, Cyrus Mistry in a car crash. The annual report of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways …

Cyrus Mistry Car Accident: Why Seatbelts Are Important While Driving
2 years, 3 months ago

Cyrus Mistry Car Accident: Why Seatbelts Are Important While Driving

News 18  

Former chairman of Tata Group, Cyrus Mistry, died in a fatal car crash in Maharashtra. According to data released by the National Crime Records Bureau on the ‘Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India’, more than 1.55 lakh lives have been claimed by road accidents in 2021. In 2017, the Road Transport Ministry, while answering questions asked in Parliament, said that …

Cyrus Mistry’s death: How the rules on seat belts, airbags will be amended?
2 years, 3 months ago

Cyrus Mistry’s death: How the rules on seat belts, airbags will be amended?

Firstpost  

While wearing seat belts in the rear seat was always compulsory not following the rule will attract a fine of Rs 1000. Rule 138 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, says the rear passengers in a car should also wear seat belts. Chapter VI, Control of Traffic of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, Rule 138, Clause 3 states, “It …

Rear Seat Belt Alarm in Cars Could be Mandatory Soon Post Fatal Accident of Cyrus Mistry
2 years, 3 months ago

Rear Seat Belt Alarm in Cars Could be Mandatory Soon Post Fatal Accident of Cyrus Mistry

News 18  

India is planning to make it mandatory for car makers to install an alarm system for rear seat belts to enforce their use, in an effort to reduce road accident fatalities, the transport minister said late on Tuesday. He was sitting in the rear seat and did not have his seat belt on, local media reported citing police officials. “Because …

Seat belts mandatory for all passengers in car, violators to be fined: Gadkari announces new rule after Mistry's death
2 years, 3 months ago

Seat belts mandatory for all passengers in car, violators to be fined: Gadkari announces new rule after Mistry's death

Hindustan Times  

Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday that from now on wearing seat belts would be mandatory for all passengers in a car, including those on rear seats, and flouting the rule will attract penalty. The announcement was made only two days after former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry died in a car accident near Mumbai, and police probe later …

Govt to mandate warning beepers for rear seats: Gadkari
2 years, 3 months ago

Govt to mandate warning beepers for rear seats: Gadkari

Hindustan Times  

In a bid to promote seat belt use in vehicles, the government is going to make seat belt beepers for rear seats mandatory in vehicles, union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday. We also hope this accident and our policy decision of making rear seat belt alarm mandatory will increase awareness,” Gadkari said. Gadkari said …

Cyrus Mistry death: 'Govt to soon introduce fines for not wearing seatbelts in rear seats,' says Gadkari
2 years, 3 months ago

Cyrus Mistry death: 'Govt to soon introduce fines for not wearing seatbelts in rear seats,' says Gadkari

Firstpost  

Although not wearing a seat belt by passengers sitting in the rear seats can still attract a fine of Rs 1,000 under Rule 138 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, most people are either unaware of the rule or ignore it New Delhi: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that the government will soon introduce …

Fine for No Seat Belt on Rear Seat, Says Gadkari; Rues Mistry’s Death that ‘Taught New Lesson’
2 years, 3 months ago

Fine for No Seat Belt on Rear Seat, Says Gadkari; Rues Mistry’s Death that ‘Taught New Lesson’

News 18  

Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said road safety was the “highest agenda” for the country as he answered questions surrounding the tragic death of former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry in a car accident near Mumbai. The minister said Mistry was a “close friend” and the incident was a new lesson in how road safety was viewed in …

Cyrus Mistry accident: How wearing seat belts in cars could save lives
2 years, 3 months ago

Cyrus Mistry accident: How wearing seat belts in cars could save lives

Op India  

On Sunday, the former Chairman of Tata Sons, Cyrus Mistry, died in a tragic road accident near Palghar in Maharashtra. A total of 4 people were there in the vehicle; two, including Cyrus Mistry, died: Palghar Police pic.twitter.com/7sE8PgPUno — ANI September 4, 2022 Given that Anahita Pandole and Darius Pandole were wearing seat belts, the frontal airbags opened in time …

After Cyrus Mistry’s death, Anand Mahindra has a request for all of us
2 years, 3 months ago

After Cyrus Mistry’s death, Anand Mahindra has a request for all of us

Live Mint  

The youngest Shapoorji Pallonji Group scion, Cyrus Mistry, was killed in a horrific car accident on September 4. He has asked everyone to wear a seat belt “even when in the rear seat of the car”. “I resolve to always wear my seat belt even when in the rear seat of the car. To this, one person wrote that Mahindra, …

After Cyrus Mistry's death in road accident, Anand Mahindra urges people to wear seatbelts
2 years, 3 months ago

After Cyrus Mistry's death in road accident, Anand Mahindra urges people to wear seatbelts

India TV News  

Well-known industrialist and former Tata Sons chairman Mistry died in a road accident near Mumbai on Sunday evening. Mistry and the co-passenger killed in the car crash on Sunday were not wearing seat belts as per the preliminary probe, a police officer said, adding over-speeding and the "error of judgement" by the driver caused the accident. To spread awareness among …

Cyrus Mistry's Mercedes Benz has no airbags for rear seats, just like other high-end cars
2 years, 3 months ago

Cyrus Mistry's Mercedes Benz has no airbags for rear seats, just like other high-end cars

India TV News  

Highlights Cyrus Mistry was in the back seat of Mercedes-Benz GLC 220d 4MATIC when he met with a fatal accident There were four people in the car, and two were declared dead on the spot Both of them were sitting in the rear of the car Cyrus Mistry was in the back seat of a Mercedes-Benz GLC 220d 4MATIC on …

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