The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has recently issued notifications about various amendments to the 1989 Motor Vehicle Core Rules effective October 1, 2020. According to the official statement, the use of IT services and electronic monitoring will result in better enforcement of traffic Rules in the country and will lead to eliminate harassment of drivers and facilitate the citizen.
No physical verification of documents
- Vehicle documents that are validated by electronic means will not be physically required for inspection. Details of driver’s licenses disqualified or revoked by the licensing authority will be logged and updated chronologically on the portal.
- If the details of the documents are validated through electronic means by the compliance officer, then no physical forms of said documents will be required for inspection, even in cases where a crime has been committed that requires the seizure of said documents. documents, according to the statement. .
- Details of driver’s licenses disqualified or revoked by the licensing authority will be logged chronologically on the portal and said record will be regularly reflected on the portal that has been provided, the government said and added, so the record will be maintained. electronically and in addition, the driver’s behavior would be controlled.
- “In addition to requiring or inspecting any document, the date and time of the inspection and the identity of the uniformed police officer or any other official authorized by the State Government will be recorded in the Portal. This would help to re-verify or inspect vehicles and would also eliminate harassment of drivers, “the statement said.
- Drivers can keep their vehicle documents on the central government online portal such as Digi-locker or m-parivahan.
Mobile phones only for route navigation
The new rules require that the use of portable communication devices while driving be used only for route navigation in such a way that it does not disturb the driver’s concentration while driving.
The government also said that certain amendments have been made to the Motor Vehicles (Driving) Regulations 2017 to align it with the Amendment in the Act, such as the use of handheld devices, inspection of documents in electronic form, etc.
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