Seat Belt Alarm System: Now it will be mandatory for all the people sitting in the car to wear a seat belt , Nitin Gadkari said

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday that the government is planning to make it mandatory for automakers to install seat belt alarm system for rear seats as well. Currently, it is mandatory for all vehicle manufacturers to provide seat belt reminders only for front seat passengers.

Addressing an event, he said, "Due to the death of Cyrus Mistry in a car accident, we have decided that vehicles will have a seat belt beep system for the rear seats as well." Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry died in a road accident on Sunday when his car rammed into a divider in Maharashtra's Palghar district.

Although passengers in the rear seats not wearing seat belts attract a fine of Rs 1,000 under Rule 138(3) of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (CMVR), most people are either unaware of this mandatory rule or simply ignore them. give. Even traffic policemen rarely fine the passengers sitting in the rear seats for not wearing seat belts.

Nitin Gadkari said about road accidents that the people of the country need to change the mindset to improve road safety. He also narrated the story of four Chief Ministers during this period. Gadkari told how he had scolded the car driver for not wearing the seat belt.

Gadkari said, 'I was once going with four chief ministers in their car. I was sitting in the front seat. I noticed that the seat belt was clipped in place. With this, even if you do not put on the seatbelt, the alarm will not sound. On this I scolded the driver and made sure to put on the seat belt before the car started moving. He told that now the manufacture and sale of such clips has been banned.