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After making tall claims of
bringing road safety laws of disciplining drivers to reduce road deaths
drastically, the road transport ministry has watered down the penalties it had
originally proposed in the Draft Road Transport and Safety Bill.
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While
the original draft had proposed to dramatically step up punishments for rash
driving including the provision of seven years of jail if negligent driving
resulted in the death of a child, the final version has brought it down to at
least one year. Even the fine has been brought down from Rs 3 lakh to only Rs
50,000.
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There are similar dilutions in
the penalty provisions whether it's rash and negligent driving or driving under
the influence of alcohol and even overloading besides other offences. Though
road transport ministry officials admitted that the original provisions have
been "watered down", the ministry will get power under the proposed
law to increase the fine and other penalties including imprisonment, suspension
of driving licence and impounding vehicles.
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As
per the final version available on the ministry's website, while the older
versions had provisions for fine from minimum Rs 5,000 to maximum 12,500 for
repeat offences for overspeeding, now it has been brought down to Rs 1,000 to
Rs 6,000. In the case of drunk driving and under influence of alcohol, the fine
has been brought down from Rs 30,000 to Rs 10,000, which can be increased to Rs
20,000 in case of repeat offence.
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"When we proposed high fine
at par with the best international laws, there was huge opposition to this. The
focus of bringing down penalties is primarily for first-time offenders. The
draft bill is in circulation and it has to be passed by the Parliament. There
is enough scope for changes. Moreover, under the proposed law we won't need to
pass amendments in the Parliament to increase or decrease penalties for traffic
offence," a ministry official said.
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