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The new Motor Vehicle Law will allow police officers on duty to penalize passengers who violate traffic rules by looking at documents online, without even stopping the vehicle.
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The amendments to the new MV Law will be applicable as of October 1 and are considered a step towards the comfort of travelers. The central government has digitized the documents required for a car, including vehicle maintenance, driving licenses, and e-challans which will now be made through an information technology portal as of October 1, 2020.
Vehicle documents that are validated through electronic means will not be required in physical forms for inspection, he said, adding that the details of the driver’s licenses disqualified or revoked by the licensing authority will be recorded and updated chronologically on the portal.
“The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has recently issued notifications regarding several amendments in the Central Rules of Motorized Vehicles of 1989 that require the implementation of the application, Maintenance of vehicular documents and E-Challans through the portal wef 1.10.2020 for better monitoring and enforcement of MV Rules, “MoRTH said in a statement. The use of IT services and electronic monitoring will result in better enforcement of traffic rules in the country and will lead to eliminating harassment of drivers and facilitating citizens, he said.
This was required after the 2019 Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act was passed and published on August 9, 2019, the government said. “The amendment, among other things, provides for the definition of Challan, Portal inserted as a requirement to provide the services through IT and promote the application of electronic monitoring and compliance,” he added. Details of driver’s licenses disqualified or revoked by the licensing authority will be logged chronologically on the portal and said record will be periodically reflected in the portal provided, the government said and added, so the record will be kept electronically and in addition, the driver’s behavior would be controlled. Provisions have been established for the procedure for the Production and Obtaining of Certificates in physical and electronic form, the validity, issuance of said documents and also the date and time of the inspection and the identity of the Officer will be recorded, the statement read. It has been established that if the details of the documents are validated through electronic means by the executing officer, then the physical form of said documents will not be required for inspection, even in cases where a crime has been committed that requires the seizure of said documents. documents, the statement said.
“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. It is envisaged that the use of portable communication devices while driving will only be used 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 bring it in line with the Amendment in the Act, such as the use of portable devices, the inspection of documents in electronic form, etc.
(With PTI inputs)
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