Notification, 2016

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EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 748] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016/KARTIKA 5, 1938

MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 26th October, 2016

G.S.R. 1014(E).—The following draft rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of section 212 of the said Act, for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which copies of this notification as published in the Gazette of India, are made available to the public;

Any objection or suggestion which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules before the expiry of the aforesaid period shall be considered by the Central Government; Objections or suggestions, if any, may be forwarded before the aforesaid period of thirty days to the Joint Secretary (Transport), (Email: js.tpt@gov.in ), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament

DRAFT RULES

1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles (………………Amendment) Rules, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, hereinafter referred to as the said rules, (I) in rule 2, after clause (s), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— ‘(sa) “safety-belt reminder” means a system dedicated to alert the driver and co-passenger when the safety-belt is not used;

(sb) “speed alert system” means a system which gives the driver optical and acoustic warning, when motor vehicle ply with excess speed beyond its limits;

(sc) “manual over-ride” means the system that enables the motor vehicle occupant to open the door from inside using door release lever or control with or without electric power assistance to door locking system but shall not be applicable to the door equipped with child safety lock system and the child safety lock system;

(sd) “vehicle reverse gear sensor” means parking sensors that are designed to alert the driver to obstacles while parking;

(se) "airbag system” means inflatable restraint system consisting primarily of a sensor or sensors, diagnostics, and air bag module which inflates a bag in case of motor vehicle crashes to prevent the front driver and passenger of the motor vehicle from striking the steering wheel or a window;

(sf) “air bag module assembly” means the assembly consisting of at least inflator assembly and a bag with a cover if applicable;

(II) in rule 125, of the said rules, sub-rule (7) as so inserted vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number

G.S.R 291(E), dated the 24th April, 2014 shall be re- numbered as sub-rule (8) thereof and after sub-rule (8) as so numbered, the following sub-rules shall be inserted, namely:- “(9) Vehicles of category M1, manufactured on and after the 1st day of April, 2018, shall be fitted with following:

(i) speed alert system to alert driver in case of over speeds;

(ii) seat belt reminder;

(iii)manual override for central locking system;

(iv) vehicle reverse gear sensor:

Provided that the speed alert shall warn the driver if the vehicle speed exceeds 80 kilometres per hour and then a continuous audio alert if the vehicle speed exceeds 100 kilometres per hour: Provided that the system specified under this sub-rule shall be fitted by the manufacturer or their authorised dealer, as the case may be, in accordance with the standards provided under these rules.

(10) New models of M1 category motor vehicles, manufactured on and after the 1st October, 2017 and existing models of the said category of motor vehicles, manufactured on and after the 1st October, 2018 shall be equipped with appropriately designed frontal airbags system complying with the performance requirements of AIS-098 as amended from time to time intended to prevent the driver and front passenger from striking the steering wheel or a window.

(11) vehicles of Category M2, Category M3 and Category N, manufactured on and after the 01st April 2018, shall be fitted with the following systems vehicle reverse gear sensor assisting safe parking and safe reverse manoeuvres of the vehicle.”.

ABHAY DAMLE, Jt. Secy.

Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification number

G.S.R. 590(E), dated the 2nd June, 1989 and lastly amended vide notification number _______ dated ___________.

and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

HARINDRA KUMAR

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