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New Delhi : The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways,( MoRTH) vide notification dated February 15, 2022, has amended Rule 138 of CMVR, 1989, and has prescribed norms related to safety measures for children below four years of age riding or being carried on a motor -cycle.
This has been notified under Section 129 of the Motor Vehicles Act, which mandates that the Central Government may, by rules, provide for measures for the safety of children below four years of age, riding or being carried on a motor cycle. Further, it specifies use of a safety harness and crash helmet. It also restricts speed of such motor cycles to 40 kmph., according to a PIB release.
Safety harness is a vest to be worn by the child, which shall be adjustable, with a pair of
straps attached to the vest and forming shoulder loops to be worn by the driver. This way, the upper torso of
the child is securely attached to the driver. A feature by which this is achieved is by attaching the straps to
the back of the vest and crossing the straps over the vest so that two large crossing-over loops are formed that pass between the legs of the passenger and child sits on the seat of the two-wheeler.
These rules will come into force after one year from the date of publication of the Central Motor Vehicles (Second Amendment) Rules, 2022.