The Tech Behind Your Traffic Challan: How AI tracks your every move on the roadIndia has implemented Intelligent Traffic Management Systems (ITMS) to detect and manage traffic violations. These systems use technologies...
29 Nov, 2024, 09.26 PM IST
In letter to FM Sitharaman, Delhi LG proposes higher insurance premiums for traffic violations to enhance road safetyDelhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has proposed a road safety plan to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, suggesting higher insuran...
25 Sep, 2024, 09.16 PM IST
Fine for over speeding on this expressway may be directly deducted from FASTag. Read to know moreFines from FASTag accounts are currently directed towards the NHAI, but the new plan aims to deposit the deducted fines directly into the g...
28 Jul, 2023, 11.23 AM IST
Video: Rhino gets hit by truck in Assam, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma reactsHimanta Biswa Sarma shared a video clipping of a truck hitting a rhinoceros on a highway in the Kaziranga National Park area.
10 Oct, 2022, 01.34 PM IST
Mandatory wearing of seat belt in rear seat could have saved Cyrus MistryThe 2017 GLC 220d 4MATIC comes with seven airbags overall. There are no front-facing airbags for rear passengers in the car and just curtai...
05 Sep, 2022, 08.24 PM IST
Mandatory wearing of seat belt in rear seat could have saved Cyrus MistryEven traffic officers rarely fine rear-seat passengers for not wearing seat belts. According to KK Kapila, President Emeritus of the Intern...
05 Sep, 2022, 06.11 PM IST
Road safety: IIT researchers working on first-of-its kind geography based smart speed warning systemAccording to statistics available with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, about 70 per cent of road fatalities in India occur due...
17 Oct, 2021, 12.05 PM IST
Road accidents on national highways account for 48% in AssamAssam Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary reviewed the action taken by the stakeholders on implementation of road safety laws in the ...
30 Jun, 2021, 08.02 PM IST
Rs 1000 fine for speeding on toll plaza stretch on Mumbai-Pune expressway: PoliceThe officer said the distance between Khalapur and Urse toll plazas, located in Raigad and Pune districts respectively, is about 50km and i...
20 Jul, 2020, 05.18 PM IST
HC seeks Centre, Delhi govt reply on plea to empower officers to collect traffic violation penaltiesA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the Delhi government, the police commissioner and the Minist...
05 Mar, 2020, 02.25 PM IST
States can't lower prescribed traffic fines: Law MinistryThe Ministry of Road Transport and Highways sought legal opinion from the Ministry of Law and Justice, after one of the states had notified...
07 Jan, 2020, 08.29 AM IST
Roads to be Audited to identify Black Spots, assess cause of accidents: Nitin GadkariRoad accidents in India claimed over 1.5 lakh lives in 2018, a recent report by the transport ministry revealed. India ranks 1st in the num...
03 Dec, 2019, 09.09 PM IST
Violators shell out Rs 1.41 crore in Haryana, Odisha post new Motor Vehicles ActA total of 4,080 challans have been issued in Odisha for violations of traffic laws with total collection of Rs 88.90 lakh.
05 Sep, 2019, 04.53 PM IST
Govt approves Motor Bill; steep penalties for traffic offences proposedThe Bill proposes Rs 10,000 fine for not giving way to emergency vehicles and Rs 10,000 for driving despite disqualification.
25 Jun, 2019, 01.32 PM IST
Over-speeding vehicles in Kaziranga National Park to pay Rs 5KThe green panel had also asked the Assam government to ensure fixation of sensor-operated automatic barriers at the animal corridors.
17 May, 2017, 08.18 PM IST
Will present Motor Vehicles Bill in Budget Session: Nitin GadkariThe Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2016 proposes harsh penalties for violation of traffic norms, including up to Rs 10,000 fine for drink ...
09 Jan, 2017, 01.43 PM IST
Hike in penalties for traffic violations round the cornerThe road transport and highways ministry has proposed to increase compensation in case of hit and run cases to Rs10 lakh from Rs2 lakh.
04 Aug, 2016, 02.25 AM IST