No helmets? This state plans to suspend driver's licence as new rule

  • In 2019, two-wheelers were involved in nearly 50 per cent of all accidents recorded in the state.
In an effort to make helmets mandatory for two-wheelers, Odisha plans stricter punishment for those riding without it. (File photo) (MINT_PRINT)
In an effort to make helmets mandatory for two-wheelers, Odisha plans stricter punishment for those riding without it. (File photo)

The Odisha government on Thursday urged the state police and transport commissioner to strictly implement the rule for suspension of driving licence of offenders driving two-wheelers without helmets.

Transport Department secretary M S Padhi in a letter to the DGP and the transport commissioner requested them to take steps for suspending the driving licence (DL) of helmetless bikers in the state.

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They were also asked to submit a district-wise report on the suspension of DL for violation of Helmet Law during 2019 and from January to October, 2020 within seven days, for appraisal by a Supreme Court Committee.

As per Section 194 D of the MV Act, whoever drives a motorcycle or causes or allows a motorcycle to be driven in contravention of the provisions of Section 129 of the Act shall be punishable with a fine of 1,000 and he shall be disqualified for holding licence for a period of three months, the letter mentioned.

In 2019, two-wheelers were involved in 4,688 road accidents of the total 11,064 road accidents in Odisha, Padhi said. While 5,333 total accident deaths were reported in the state in 2019, 2,398 of them were on two-wheelers. Of the 2,398, 2,156 were not wearing helmets at the time of accident, he said in the letter.

"Wearing a helmet could have saved many lives," Padhi mentioned in the letter.

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First Published Date: 21 Nov 2020, 08:27 AM IST
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