Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 CHAPTER VIII CONTROL OF TRAFFIC - Kerala RTO


CHAPTER VIII 

CONTROL OF TRAFFIC 

112.  Limits of Speed,- (1) No person shall drive or cause or allow a motor vehicle to be driven in any public place at a speed exceeding the maximum speed or below the minimum speed fixed for the vehicle under this Act or by or under any other law for the time being in force:
  Provided that such maximum speed shall in no case exceed the maximum fixed by for any motor vehicle or class or description of motor vehicles by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette:
  (2)  The State Government or any Authority authorised in this behalf by the State Government may, if satisfied that it is necessary to restrict the speed of motor vehicles in the interests of public safety of convenience or because of the nature of nay road or bridge, by  notification in the Official Gazetter, and by causing appropriate traffic signs to be  placed or erected under section 116 at suitable places, fis such maximum speed limits or minimum speed limits as it thinks fit for  motor vehicles or any specified class or description of motor vehicles to which a trailer is attached, either generally or in a particular area or on a particular road or roads:
  Provided that no such notification is necessary if any restriction under this section is to remain in force for not more than one month.
  (3) Nothing in this section shall apply to any vehicle registered under section 60 while it is being used in the execution of military manoeuvres within the area and during the period specified in the notification under sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Manoruvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938 (5 0f 1938)
113. Limits of weight and limitations on use,- (2)  Except as may be otherwise prescribed, no person shall drive or cause or allow to be driven in any public place any motor vehicle which is not fitted with pneumatic tyres.
  (2)  Except as may be otherwise prescribed, no person shall drive or cause or allow to be driven in any public place any motor vehicle which is not fitted with pneumatic tyres.
   (3) No person shall drive or cause or allow to be driven in any public place any motor vehicle or trailer –
    (a) the unladen weight of which exceeds the unladen weight specified in the certificate of
          registration of the vehicle, or

    (b) the unladen weight of which exceeds the gross vehicle  weight specified in the certificate of
          registration of the vehicle.
  (4) Where the driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle or trailer driven in contravention of of sub-section (2) or clause (a) of sub-section (3) is not the owner, a Court may presume that the offense was committed with the knowledge of or under the orders of the owner of the motor vehicle of trailer.

114. Power to have vehicles weighed,- (1)  Any officer of the Motor Vehicles Department authorised in this behalf be Central Government shall, if it has reason to believe that  a goods vehicle or trailer is being used in contravention of section 113, required the driver to convey the vehicle to a weighing device, if any, within a distance of ten kilometres from any point on the forward route or within a distance of twenty kilometres from the destination of the vehicle for weighment; and if on such weighment the vehicle is found to contravene in any respect the provision of section 113 regarding the weight, be may, by order in writing, direct the driver to off-load the excess weight at his own risk and not to remove the vehicle or trailer form that place until the laden  weight had been reduced or the vehicle or trailer has otherwise been dealt with so that it complies with section 113 and on receipt of such notice, the driver shall comply with such directions.

  (2)  Where the person authorised under sub-section (1) makes the said order in writing, he shall also endorse the relevant details of the overloading on the goods carriage permit and also intimate the fact of such endorsement t the authority which issued that permit.
115. Power to restrict the use of vehicles,- (1) The State Government or any authority authorised in this behalf by the State Government, If satisfied that it is necessary in the interest of public safety or convenience, or because of the nature of any road or bridge, may by notification in the Official Gazette, prohibit or restrict, subject to the exceptions and conditions as may be specified in the notification, the driving on motor vehicles or of any specified class or description on motor vehicles or of the  use of trailers either generally or in a specified area or on a specified road and when any such prohibition or restriction is imposed shall cause appropriate traffic signs to be placed or erected under section 113 at suitable places:
  Provided that where any prohibition or restriction under this section is to remain in force for not more than one month, notification thereof in the Official Gazette shall not be necessary, but such local publicity as the circumstances may permit , shall be given of such prohibition or restriction
116. Power to erect traffic signs,- (1) (a) The State Government or any suitable authority authorised in this behalf by the State Government may cause or permit traffic signs to be placed or erected in any public place for the purpose of bringing public notice any speed limits fixed under sub-section (2) of section 112 or any prohibitions or restrictions imposed under section 115 or generally for the purpose of regulating motor vehicle traffic.
  (b) A State Government or any authority authorised in this behalf by the State Government may, by notification in the official gazette, or by the erection of at suitable places of the appropriate sighs referred to in part A of the Schedule, designate certain roads as main roads for the purpose of the driving regulations made by the Central Government.
  (2) Traffic signs placed or erected under sub-section (1) for any purpose for which provision is made in the Schedule shall be of the size, colour and type and shall have the meanings set forth in the Schedule, but the State Government or nay authority empowered in this behalf by the State Government may make or authorise the addition to any sign  set forth in the said Schedule, of transcriptions of the words, letters or figures thereon in such script as the State Government may think fit, provided that the transcriptions shall be of any similar size and colour to the words, letters or figures set forth in the Schedule.
  (3) Except as provided by sub-section (1), no traffic signs shall, after the commencement of this Act, be placed or erected on or near any road, but all traffic signs placed or erected prior to the commencement of this Act by any competent authority shall for the purpose of this Act be deemed to be traffic signs placed or erected under the provisions of sub-section (1).
  (4) A State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, empower any police  officer not below the rank of a Superintended of police to remove or cause to be removed any sign or advertisement which is so placed in his opinion as to obscure any traffic from view or any sign or advertisement which is in his opinion so similar in appearance to a traffic sign as to be misleading or which in his opinion is likely to distract the attention or concentration of the driver.
  (5) No person shall wilfully remove, alter, deface or in any way tamper with, any traffic signs place or erected under this section.
  (6) If any person occidentally causes such damage to a traffic sign as renders it useless for the purpose for which it is placed on erected under this section, ha shall report the circumstances of the occurrence to a police officer or at a police station as soon as possible, and in any case within twenty four hours of the occurrence.
  (7) For the purpose of bringing the signs set forth in the First Schedule conformity with any International Convention relating to motor vehicle traffic to which the Central Government is for the time being a party, the Central Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make any addition or alteration to any such sign and on the issue of any such notifications, the  First Schedule shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.  
117. Parking places and halting places, - The State Government or any authority authorised in this behalf by the state Government may, in consultation with the local authority having jurisdiction in the area concerned determine places at which motor vehicles may stand either indefinitely or for a specified period of time, and may determine the places at which public service vehicles may stop for a longer time than in necessary for taking up and setting down of passengers.
118. Driving regulations, - The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make regulations for the driving of motor vehicles.
119. Duty to obey traffic signs,- (1) Every driver of a motor vehicle shall drive in conformity with any indication given by mandatory traffic sign and in conformity with the driving regulations made by the Central Government, and shall comply with all directions given by any police officer for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic in any public place.
  (2)  In this section “mandatory traffic sign” means a traffic sign included in Part A f the First Schedule or any traffic signs of similar form ( that is to say, consisting of or including a circular disc displaying a device, word or figure and having a red ground or border) placed or erected for the purpose of regulating motor vehicle traffic  under sub-section (1) of section 116.
120. Vehicles with left hand control ,- No person shall drive or cause or allow to be driven in any public place any motor vehicle with a left hand steering control unless it is equipped with a mechanical or electrical signalling device of a prescribed nature and in working order.
121. Signals and signalling devices ,- The driver of a motor vehicle shall make such signals and on such occasions as may be prescribed by the Central Government:
  Provided that signal of an intention to turn to the right or left or to stop-
        (a)  in the case of a motor vehicle with a right hand steering control, may be given by a mechanical
               or electrical device of a prescribed nature affixed to the vehicle; and

       (b)  in the case of a motor vehicle with a left hand steering control, shall be given by a mechanical or electrical device of a prescribed nature affixed to the vehicle:

  Provided further that the state Government may, having regard to the width and condition of the roads in any area or route, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt subject t such conditions as may be specified therein any motor vehicle or class or description of motor vehicle from the operation of this section for the purpose of plying in that area or route.

122. Leaving vehicle in dangerous position, - No person in charge of a motor vehicle shall cause or allow the  vehicle or any trailer to be abandoned or to remain at rest on any public place in such a position or in such a condition or in such circumstances as to cause or likely to cause danger, obstruction or undue inconvenience to other users of the public place or to the passengers.

123. Riding on running board etc, - (1) No person  driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall carry any person or permit any person to be carried on the running board or otherwise than within the body of the motor vehicle.

  (2)  No person shall travel on the running board or on the top or on the bonnet of a motor vehicle.

124. Prohibition against travelling without pass or ticket, - (1) No person shall either enter or remain in any stage carriage for the purpose of travelling therein unless he has with him a proper pass or ticket:

  Provided that where arrangements for the supply of tickets are made in the stage carriage for the purpose of travelling therein the stage carriage by which a person has to travel, a person may enter such a stage carriage but as soon as may be after his entry therein, he shall make the payment of his fare to the conductor or the driver who performs the functions of a conductor and obtain form such conductor or driver, as the case may be, a ticket for his journey.

       Explanation,- In this section ,-

                 (a) “pass” means a duty, privilege or courtesy pass entitling the person to whom it is given to
                         travel in a stage carriage gratuitously and includes a pass issued on payment for travel
                          in a stage carriage for the period specified therein;

                 (b)  “ticket” includes a single ticket, a return ticket or a season ticket.
125. Obstruction to driver,- No person driving a motor vehicle shall allow any person to stand or sit or to place anything in such manner or position as to hamper the driver in his control of the vehicle.

126.Stationary vehicles, - No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall cause or allow the vehicle to remain stationary in any public place, unless there is in the driver’s seat a person duly authorised to drive the vehicle or unless the mechanism has been stopped and a brake or brakes applied or such other measures taken as to ensure that the vehicle cannot occidentally be put in motion in the absence of the driver.

127. Removal of motor vehicles abandoned or left unattended on a public place, - (1) Where any motor vehicle is abandoned or left unattended on a public place for ten yours or more, or is parked in a place where parking is legally prohibited, its removal by a towing service or its immobilizations by any means including wheel clamping may be authorized by a police officer in uniform having jurisdiction.

  (2) Where an abandoned, unattended, wrecked, burnt or partially dismantled vehicle is creating traffic hazard because of its position in relation to the public place or its physical appearance is causing the impediment to the traffic, its immediate removal from the public place by a towing service may be authorised by a police officer having jurisdiction.

  (3)  Where a vehicle is authorised to be removed under sub-section (1) of sub-section (2) by a police officer the owner of the vehicle shall be responsible for all towing costs, besides any other penalty.

128. Safety measures for drivers an pillion drivers, - (1) No driver of a two wheeled motor cycle shall carry more than one person in addition to himself on the motor cycle and no such person shall be otherwise than sitting on a proper seat securely fixed to the motor cycle behind the drivers seatwiht appropriate safety measures.

  (2) In addition t to the safety measures in sub-section (1), the Central Government may, prescribe other safety measures for the drivers of two-wheeled motor cycle and pillion riders thereon.

129. Wearing of protective headgear, - (1) Every person driving or riding otherwise than in a side car on a motor cycle of any class or description shall, while in public place, wear protective headgear conforming  to the standards of Bureau of Standard:

  Provided that the provisions of  this section shall not apply to a person who is a Sikh, if he is, while driving or riding a motor cycle in a public place, wearing a turban:

   Provided further that the State Government may, by such rules, provide for such exemptions as it may think fit.

          Explanation,- “Protective headgear” means a helmet which-
                       
                   (a) by virtue of its shape, material and construction, could be reasonable be expected to
                          afford to the person driving or riding on a motor cycle a degree of protection from
                           injury in the event of an accident, and

             (b)  is securely fastened to the head of the wearer by means of straps or other fastening
                    provided on the headgear.

130. Duty to produce license and certificate of registration, - (1) The driver of a motor vehicle in any public place shall, on demand by any police officer in uniform, produce the license for examination:

  Provided that the driver may, if his license has been submitted to, or has been seized by, any officer or authority under this or any other Act, produce in lieu of the license a receipt or other acknowledgement issued by such officer or authority in respect thereof and thereafter produce the license within such period, in such manner as the Central Government may prescribe to the police officer making the demand.

  (2)  The conductor, if any, of a motor vehicle in any public place shall, on demand by any officer of the Motor Vehicle Department authorised in this behalf, produce the license for examination.

  (3)  The owner of a motor vehicle other than a vehicle registered under section 60, or in his absence the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle shall, on demand by a registering authority or any other officer of the Motor Vehicles Department duly authorised in this behalf, produce the certificate of insurance of the vehicle and, where the vehicle is a transport  vehicle, also the certificate of fitness referred to in section 56 and the permit, and if any or all of the certificates or the permit are not in his possession, he shall within fifteen days from the date of demand, submit photocopies of the same, duly attested in person or send the same by registered post to the officer who demanded it.
 
  Explanation:- For the purpose of this sub-section certificate of insurance means the certificate issued under sub-section (3) of section 147.

  (4) If the license referred to in sub-section (2) or the certificates or permit referred to in sub-section (3) as the case may be, are not at the time in the possession of  the person to whom the demand is made, it shall be sufficient compliance with this section if such person produces the license or permit within such period in such manner as the Central Government may prescribe to eh police officer or authority making the demand:

  Provided that, except to such extent and with such modifications as may be prescribed, the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply to any person required to produce the certificate of registration or the certificate of fitness of a transport vehicle.

131. Duty of the driver to take certain precautions at unguarded railway crossings, - (1) Every driver of a motor vehicle at the approach of any unguarded railway lever crossing shall cause the vehicle to stop and the driver of the vehicle shall cause the conductor or cleaner or attendant or any other person in the vehicle to walk upto the crossing and ensure that not train or trolley is approaching from either side and then pilot the motor vehicle across such a lever crossing, and where no conductor or cleaner or attendant or any other person Is available in the vehicle, the driver of the vehicle shall get down from the vehicle himself to ensure that no train or trolley is approaching form either side before the railway track is crossed.

132. Duty of driver to stop in certain cases, - (1) The driver of a motor vehicle shall cause the vehicle to stop and remain stationary so long as may for such reasonable time as may be necessary, but not exceeding twenty four hours:

        (a) when required to do so by any police officer not below the rank of a Sub Inspector in uniform,
              in the event of the vehicle being involved in the occurrence of any accident to a person, animal
             or vehicle or of damage to property, or

       (b) when required to do so by any person in charge of an animal if such person apprehends that
             the animal is, or being alarmed by the vehicle will become unmanageable. 

      ©   Omitted wef 14-11-1994

and he shall give his name and address and the name and address of the owner of the vehicle to any person affected by any such accident or damage who demands it provided such person also furnished his name  and address.

  (2)  The driver of a motor vehicle shall, on demand by a person giving his own name and address and alleging that the driver has committed an offence punishable under section 184 give his name and address to that person.

  (3)  In this section the expression “animal” means any horse, cattle, elephant,  camel. Ass, mule, sheep or goat.

133. Duty of owner of a motor vehicle to give information, - (1) The owner of a motor vehicle , driver or conductor of which is accused of any offence under this Act shall, on the demand of any police officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government, give all information regarding the name and address of, and the license held by, the driver or a conductor which is in his possession or could by reasonable diligence be ascertained by him.

134. Duty of driver in case of accident and injury to a person, - When any person is injured or any property of a third party is damaged, as a result of an accident in which a motor vehicle is involved, the driver of the vehicle or other person in charge of the vehicle shall-

(a)  unless it is not practicable to do so on account of mob fury or any other reason beyond his  
       control, take all reasonable steps to secure medical attention  for the injured person by conveying
       him to the nearest medical practitioner of hospital, and it shall be the duty of every registered
       medical practitioner of the doctor or duty in the hospital to attend to the injured person and
       render medical aid or treatment without waiting for any procedural formalities unless the injured
       person or his guardian, in case he is a minor, desires otherwise;

(b)  give on demand by any police officer any information required him or, if no police officer is
        present, report the circumstances, if any, for not taking reasonable steps to secure medical
        attention as required under clause (a), at the nearest police station as soon as possible, and in any
        case, within twenty four hours of the occurrence.

© give the following information in writing to the insurer, who has issued the certificate of insurance, about the circumstances of the accident, namely,-

               (i) insurance policy number and period or its validity;

               (ii) date, time and place of accident;

              (iii) particulars of the persons injured or killed in the accident;

             (iv) name and address of the driver and the particulars of his driving license.
Explanation:- For the purpose of this section, the expression “driver” includes the owner of the vehicle

135. Scheme to be provided for the investigation of accident cases and wayside amenities, etc.,- (1)  The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make one or more schemes to provide for-

                     (a)  an in depth study study on causes and analysis of motor vehicles accidents;

                     (b)  wayside amenities on highways;

                     ©  traffic aid posts on highways; and

                     (d)  truck parking complexes along highways.

  (2)  Every scheme made under this section by any State Government shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the State Legislative.  

136. Inspection of vehicles involved in accident,- When any accident occurs in which a motor vehicle is involved, any person authorised in this behalf by the State Government  may, on production if so required by the authority, inspect the vehicle and for that purpose may enter at any reasonable time any premises where the vehicle may be, and may remove the vehicle for examination. Provided that the place to which the vehicle is removed shall be intimated to the owner of the vehicle and shall be returned after completion of the formalities to the owner, driver or the person in charge of the vehicle within twenty four hours.

137. Power of central Government to make rules,- The Central Government may make rules to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely,  

         (a)  the occasions on which signals shall be made by the drivers of motor vehicles and such signals
                under section 121;

         (b)  the manner in which the license and certificates may be produced to the police officer, under
                section 130.
138.  Power of State Government to make rules,-  (1) Inspection of vehicles involved in accident,- The state Government may make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Chapter other than the matters specified in section 137.

  (2) Without generality of the foregoing power, such rules may be provided for –

            (a)  the removal and safe custody of vehicles including their loads which have broken down or
                   which have been left abandoned on the road;

            (b)  the installation and use of weighting devices;

            ©  the maintenance and management of wayside amenities complexes;

            (d)  the exemption from all or any of the provisions of this Chapter of Fire Brigade vehicles,
                   ambulances and other special classes of description of vehicle, subject to such conditions as
                   may be prescribed;

            (e)  the maintenance and management of parking places and stands and the fees, if any, which
                   may be charged for their use;

            (f)  prohibiting the driving downhill of a motor vehicle with the gear disengaging either
                  generally of a specified place;

            (g)  prohibiting the taking hold of or mounting a motor vehicle  in motion;

            (h)  prohibiting the use of footpaths for pavements by motor vehicles;

            (i)  generally, the prevention of danger, injury or annoyance to the public or any person, or of
                 dander or injury to property or of obstruction to traffic; and

           (j)  any other matter which is to be, or may be, prescribed.




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  1. please give orders regarding road tax for govt.vehicles

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