Gurugram tractor driver fined Rs 59,000 under new traffic rules for 10 violations
A tractor-trolley driver in Gurugram has become the latest person to be heavily fined under the newly amended Motor Vehicles Act
In Short
- Gurugram tractor-trolley driver was charged with 10 traffic violations
- The man was fined Rs 59,000 and his vehicle was impounded
- The fines were imposed under the newly amended Motor Vehicles Act
A tractor-trolley driver in Haryana's Gurugram was fined a whopping Rs 59,000 for flouting several traffic norms. The fine amount was calculated according to the newly amended Motor Vehicles Act. The amendments have significantly increased fines for various traffic offences with the aim of making Indian roads safer.
The Gurugram tractor-trolley driver's case is the latest in a series of similar incidents in which drivers have been heavily fined for flouting traffic norms.
The Gurugram tractor-trolley driver was caught near New Colony in Harayana's Gurugram. He was charged with a litany of traffic offences. These include:
- Driving without a driving licence
- Driving without a registration certificate
- Plying a transport vehicle without a fitness certificate
- Driving a vehicle without third-party insurance
- Violating air pollution standards
- Carrying dangerous goods
- Dangerous driving
- Disobeying police orders
- Disobeying traffic signals
- Violation of light or yellow (sic)
The Gurugram traffic police seized the tractor-trolley soon after catching the driver flouting the traffic rules.
The Gurugram case is the latest in a list of drivers in the city being heavily under the new Motor Vehicle Act norms. Earlier, an auto-rickshaw driver in Guru gram was asked to pay a fine of Rs 32,500 for violating several rules.
Similarly, a Delhi resident in Gurugram was fined Rs 23,000 for flouting traffic rules while riding a two-wheeler valued at around Rs 15,000.
These new fines are a result of amendments made to the 1988 Motor Vehicles Act. The amendments were cleared by Parliament earlier this year and significantly increased fines imposed for flouting traffic rules.
For example, driving without a licence will now attract a fine of Rs 5,000 from the earlier Rs 500. The fine for drunk driving has similarly been increased from Rs 2,000 to Rs 10,000, which is the highest penalty under the new traffic norms.
The amendments came into force on September 1.