Speed governors must for vehicles before April 1
Posted on: 17/Mar/2016 11:12:53 AM
Regional Transport Officer Sridharan of Central Chennai has mentioned that all vehicles should be fitted with speed governors before 1st April. Only vehicles fitted with speed governors will be given fitness certificate.
In a statement he has mentioned: Everyday lots of people loosing their lives due to road accidents. In order to prevent this speed governors should be fitted in the vehicles. As per Rule 118 all transport vehicles in India were fitted with speed governors
Following the amendments made by the Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways to Rule 118 of Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, the vehicles which are registered prior to 1st Oct, 2015 which are not already fitted with speed governor shall be equipped or fitted by the operators of those vehicles on or before 1st April, 2016 with a speed governor (speed limiting device or speed limiting function) conferring to the standard AIS 018/2001, as amended from time to time and may fix the maximum pre set speed of (50) Kilometre per hour in respect of transport vehicles carrying hazardous goods and those transport vehicles that are dumpers, tankers, school buses and such speed shall be (60) Kilometre per hour in respect of other transport vehicles.
