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Seeking to heavily on offenders of traffic, the Indian government Saturday proposed stronger sanctions of up to Rs 3 lakh along one of at least 7 years in prison for the death of a child in certain circumstances, more huge fines for driving offenses.
The new Road Safety and Transport 2014 bill also proposes a fine of Rs 5 lakh per vehicle and imprisonment for the defective design manufacturing, besides the cancellation of licenses for rash and negligent driving .
The bill, unveiled Saturday by the road transport and roads ministry to ask the suggestion of stakeholders, provides penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh or imprisonment of six months up to a year or two if vehicle use in hazardous conditions.
For a first offense of driving while intoxicated attract Rs 25,000 fine or imprisonment not exceeding 3 months or both, and a license suspension of six months Second offense within three years will result worth Rs 50,000 or imprisonment for a year or two and a license suspension of one year.
Any subsequent offense will result in cancellation of the license and impoundment of the vehicle that may last for 30 days, he said.
If school bus drivers are caught drink driving, Rs 50,000 fine will be imposed a prison sentence of three years, while the immediate cancellation of the license will be held in case of drivers in the age group 18 to 25 years involved in these incidents.
That caused the death of a child in certain circumstances, result in Rs 3 lakh fine and imprisonment at the age of 7 while violating the traffic signal three times will result in Rs 15,000 fine canceled the license for a month and a mandatory refresher training, Bill said.
It also includes the point system for the imposition of graduated fines.
The ministry has sought comments from the public and stakeholders on the bill and then finalize the presentation to Parliament during the winter session that followed.
The bill aims to reduce deaths in road accidents by two lakh in the first five years.
There will be 4 percent improvement in GDP due to increased efficiency and safety of road transport.
The vision of the bill also stipulates that 10 lakh jobs will be created by increased investment in the sector.
India reported about 5 lakh road accidents each year with a number of deaths around April 1 lakh.
Commenting on the bill, the Minister of Road Transport and Roads of India Nitin Gadkari said, providing safe, effective, economical and faster transport in the country is our mission.
Our new bill focuses on e-governance to bring transparency in the transport sector Our new policy of the golden hour will provide immediate assistance to victims of accidents and help save hundreds of thousands lives, he said on Twitter.
The Golden Hour policy provides treatment to victims of road accidents in an hour.
Gadkari had said Friday that the government should introduce legislation to Parliament winter session and ensure its passage.
According to the bill, there will be an independent body - motor vehicle regulations and road safety in India.
Motor vehicles must be regulated by improved designs and simplified licensing systems to drive automated one-stop, including biometrics unified to avoid duplication of licenses.
Other features include the registration system of vehicles unified, single multinational National Road Transport Coordination Authority and freight transport and national freight policy.
It includes provisions for the safety of vehicles, including the implementation of safety equipment in motor vehicles.
It also includes technologies such as intelligent speed adaptation, the driver warning control eyes drowsiness detectors, the distance to closure rate detection and monitoring of the green box.
The bill was drafted in line with the best practices of six developed countries - US, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom.
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