Executive Summary:
This notification outlines amendments to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules of 1989, specifically regarding speed governors in transport vehicles. It mandates the installation of speed limiting devices with preset maximum speeds, varying based on vehicle type. The rules come into force upon final publication in the Official Gazette, with a period of forty-five days allowed for public feedback.
Key Points / Main Content:
Speed Governor Requirements:
* All transport vehicles notified by the Central Government manufactured on or after October 1, 2014, must be equipped with a speed governor. This can be done at the manufacturing or dealership stage.
* The speed governor must conform to Standard AIS:018/2001.
Speed Limits:
* The maximum preset speed for most transport vehicles is 80 km/hour.
* Goods carriages operating on National Permit that are not certified to have a design speed less than 90 km/hour must have a speed governor with a maximum preset speed of 90 km/hour.
* Dumpers, school buses, and tankers must have a speed governor with a maximum preset speed of 60 km/hour, or a lower speed limit specified by the State Government.
Exemptions:
* Exempted vehicles include two-wheelers, three-wheelers, quadricycles, certain passenger vehicles (M1 category), fire tenders, ambulances, police vehicles, vehicles operating on All India Tourist permits, and vehicles with a maximum rated speed not exceeding 80 km/hour as certified by a testing agency.
Stakeholder Consultation:
* The Central Government will consider objections or suggestions received within forty-five days of the notification's publication in the Gazette of India.
Impact Analysis:
Central Government:
Impact: Required to consider feedback on the draft rules and finalize them for publication.
Action Required: Review and address objections or suggestions received within the stipulated period.
Vehicle Manufacturers:
Impact: Required to equip or fit new transport vehicles with compliant speed governors.
Action Required: Implement speed governor installation in the manufacturing stage or ensure dealership installation.
Transport Vehicle Operators:
Impact: May be required to retrofit existing vehicles with speed governors, depending on vehicle category and registration date.
Action Required: Determine if their vehicles require speed governor installation based on the rules and deadlines.
State Governments:
Impact: Given the authority to specify categories of transport vehicles registered prior to October 1, 2014, that must be equipped with speed governors.
Action Required: Notifying the categories of the transport vehicles for speed governor fitment and potentially setting lower speed limits for certain vehicle types.
Testing Agencies:
Impact: Responsible for verifying and certifying the maximum rated speed of vehicles for exemption purposes.
Action Required: Conduct testing and provide certifications as required under the rules.
General Public:
Impact: Affected through potential safety improvements and changes in transport operations.
Action Required: Review the draft rules and provide feedback to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways within the specified timeframe if they have objections or suggestions.
Key Entities Referenced
Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989: A set of rules under the Motor Vehicles Act, which this notification proposes to amend.
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: The principal act that empowers the Central Government to make rules regarding motor vehicles.
Central Motor Vehicles Amendment Rules, 2014: The name given to the amendments proposed in this notification.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: The government ministry responsible for road transport and highways, which issued the notification.
Joint Secretary Transport: The position in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to whom objections or suggestions regarding the draft rules may be addressed.
New Delhi, Delhi: The city where the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is located.
Speed governor: A speed limiting device or speed limiting function required for certain transport vehicles.
AIS 0182001: A standard to which the speed governor or speed limiting device must conform.
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NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th July, 2014
G.S.R. 542(E).–The following draft rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, which the
Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (f) of sub-section (1) of Section
110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of Section 212 of
the said Act, for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft
rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of forty-five days from the date on which copies of
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2. Any objection or suggestion which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules
before the expiry of the aforesaid period shall be considered by the Central Government.
3. Objections or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Joint Secretary (Transport), Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi–110 001.
Draft rules
1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 2014.
(2) Save as otherwise specifically provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the date of their
final publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, for rule 118 the following rule shall be substituted, namely:—
“118. Speed governor.—(1) Every transport vehicle notified by the Central Government under
sub-section (4) of section 41 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), save as provided herein, and
manufactured on or after the 1stOctober, 2014 shall be equipped or fitted by the vehicle manufacturer,
either in the manufacturing stage or at the dealership stage, with a speed governor (speed limiting device
or speed limiting function) having maximum pre-set speed of 80 kilometre per hour conforming to the
Standard AIS 018/2001, as amended from time to time:
Provided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the categories of
transport vehicles registered prior to the 1st October, 2014 and not already fitted with a speed governor (speed limiting
device or speed limiting function), shall be equipped or fitted by the operator of such transport vehicle with a speed
governor (speed limiting device or speed limiting function) having maximum pre-set speed of 80 kilometre per hour
conforming to the Standard AIS: 018/2001, as amended from time to time:
Provided further that the transport vehicles that are,—
(i) two wheelers;
(ii) three wheelers;
(iii) quadricycles;
(iv) with four wheels used for carriage of passengers and their luggage, with seating capacity not
exceeding eight passengers in addition to driver seat (M1 Category);
(v) fire tenders;
(vi) ambulances;
(vii) police vehicles;
(viii) operating on All India Tourist permit;
(ix) with maximum rated speed as verified and certified by a testing agency specified in rule 126,
does not exceed 80 kilometer per hour,
shall not be required to be equipped or fitted with speed governor (speed limiting device or speed limiting
function):
Provided also that the transport vehicles being goods carriage operating on National Permit, as are not verified
and certified by a testing agency specified in rule 126 to have design speed less than 90 kilometre per hour, shall be
required to be fitted with speed governor (speed limiting device or speed limiting function) having maximum pre-set
speed of 90 kilometre per hour conforming to the Standard AIS: 018/2001, as amended from time to time:
Provided also that the transport vehicles such as dumpers, school buses and tankers shall be required to be
fitted with speed governor (speed limiting device or speed limiting function) having maximum pre-set speed of 60
kilometre per hour conforming to the Standard AIS: 018/2001, as amended from time to time or such other lower speed
limit specified by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette conforming to the said Standard.
[F. No. RT-11017/13/2005-MVL]
SANJAY BANDOPADHYAYA, Jt. Secy.
Note:—The principal rules were published vide number G.S.R. 590(E), dated the 2nd June, 1989 and last amended vide
number G.S.R. 534(E), dated 24th July, 2014.
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