Warning! Nitin Gadkari Announces Fine for Passengers not Seat Belt Wearing on Rear Seats
Original Content- Business Upside The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is also thinking about making seat belt wearing compulsory for those in the back seat. Nitin Gadkari, the minister of highways and road transportation, has stated that a new law is in the works that will enable traffic police to penalise drivers of vehicles with back seat passengers who are not buckled up. We have modified the law to include passengers in the back seat as well, Gadkari said during a speech at an event. Previously, only the driver and co-passenger faced penalties for failing to wear seat belts. Not Wearing AaSeat Belt Fine : How Much it is? Nitin Gadkari stated that violators of the new law would be subject to a fine of Rs 1,000. To avoid the sound alerts of seat belts, he also addressed how many car owners have a propensity to utilise clips instead of wearing them. Gadkari promised that cameras would be deployed everywhere to catch drivers and tho...