Executive Summary:
This notification from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways announces proposed amendments to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. The amendments concern articulated, TruckTrailer, and TractorTrailer vehicles used by automobile manufacturers for transporting vehicles. Key changes relate to vehicle length, inspection windows, speed governors, and rear surveillance cameras, and will come into effect on April 1, 2017. Objections and suggestions regarding these draft rules can be submitted within thirty days of the notification's publication in the Gazette of India.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **General Information**
* These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles Amendment Rules, 2016.
* The rules shall come into force from the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
* **Rule 93 Amendments (Vehicle Length)**
* Effective April 1, 2017, articulated vehicles engaged by automobile manufacturers for transporting vehicles can have a length of 18.75 meters.
* Effective April 1, 2017, TruckTrailer or TractorTrailer vehicles engaged by automobile manufacturers for transporting vehicles can have a length of 18.75 meters.
* Articulated, TruckTrailer, or TractorTrailer vehicles must have a sliding inspection window on the container body for verification.
* The sliding inspection window should be a minimum of 400 mm in length and 300 mm in height.
* At least one sliding inspection window should be fitted to the middle third of the vehicle, with the foremost window no further than 3 meters from the front.
* The distance between two adjacent sliding inspection windows shall not exceed 4 m.
* The upper edge of the sliding inspection window should not be more than 1.8 meters from the ground.
* **Rule 118 Amendments (Speed Governors)**
* Effective April 1, 2017, articulated, TruckTrailer, or TractorTrailer vehicles must be equipped with a speed governor limiting the maximum speed to 60 km/h.
* Speed governors must conform to Standards AIS 0182001.
* **Rule 125 Amendments (Rear Surveillance)**
* Effective April 1, 2017, articulated, TruckTrailer, or TractorTrailer vehicles must be equipped with a rear surveillance camera-monitoring device or rear-view camera.
Impact Analysis:
* **Automobile Manufacturers:**
* *Impact:* Need to ensure that articulated, TruckTrailer, and TractorTrailer vehicles used for transporting vehicles from their factories to sales outlets comply with the new length, inspection window, speed governor, and rear surveillance camera requirements.
* *Action Required:* Modify vehicles to meet the new specifications, including installing sliding inspection windows, speed governors, and rear surveillance cameras.
* **Vehicle Manufacturers/Dealers:**
* *Impact:* Need to ensure that articulated, TruckTrailer, or TractorTrailer vehicles are 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.
* *Action Required:* Equip or fit vehicles with a speed governor speed limiting device or speed limiting function.
* **Central Government:**
* *Impact:* Responsible for considering objections and suggestions to the draft rules and finalizing the amendments.
* *Action Required:* Review and address any objections or suggestions received regarding the draft rules.
* **Public:**
* *Impact:* Affected by the changes in vehicle safety standards and transportation regulations.
* *Action Required:* Submit any objections or suggestions regarding the draft rules to the Joint Secretary Transport, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhavan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001 within thirty days of the notification's publication.
Key Entities Referenced
Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989: The principal rules being amended by this notification.
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: The Act that confers powers to the Central Government to make rules regarding motor vehicles.
Central Motor Vehicles Amendment Rules, 2016: The name given to the amended rules in this notification.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: The ministry responsible for formulating these rules.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued, New Delhi, Delhi.
1st April 2017: The date from which the amended rules come into force.
AIS 0182001: The standard for speed governor or speed limiting device.
Gazette of India: Official Government journal in which government notifications are published
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िन(cid:25)न िलिखत (cid:27)ा(cid:28)प, िजस े क(cid:2)(cid:3)ीय सरकार मोटर यान अिधिनयम, 1988 (1988 का 59) क धारा 110 !ारा (cid:27)द#त
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िवचार 3कया जाएगा;
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आ,ेप या सुझाव, य3द कोई ह(cid:24) संयु$त सिचव, (पBरवहन), सड़क पBरवहन और राजमागD मं6ालय,
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(cid:21)(cid:21)(cid:21)(cid:21)ाााा(cid:22)(cid:22)(cid:22)(cid:22)पपपप ििििननननययययमममम
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2. केO (cid:3)ीय मोटर यान िनयम, 1989 (िजसे इसम(cid:2) इसके प=च ात् उ$त िनयम कहा गया ह)ै के िनयम 93 के
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3.िनयम 93 के उपिनयम (2) के खडं (iv) के प=च ात् िन(cid:25)न िलिखत परंतुक अंत:(थ ािपत 3कए जाएंगे, अथाDत् :--
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क दशा म(cid:2) 18:75 मीटर;
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उनके कारखान(cid:24) से दशे म(cid:2) िभO न-िभO न िवTय केO(cid:3) ो पर ले जाए जाने के िलए लगाए गए आUटकुलेटेड या Fक Fेलर
या Fै$ट र Fेलर यान के कंटेनर क बॉडी पर कंटेनर म(cid:2) ले जाए जान े वाले मोटर यान(cid:24) का स#य ापन करने के िलए
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ऊंचाई 300 िम.मी होगी और कम से कम एक (ल ाइ\डग िनरी,ण िखड़क तीसरे यान के पास बीच म(cid:2) 3फट क
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के िलए bाबार क लबं ाई को c यान म(cid:2) रखा जाएगा और दो समीप(थ (ल ाइ\डग िनरी,ण िखड़3कय(cid:24) के बीच क
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होगा ।''
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3कया जाएगा, अथाDत् :--
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िभOन िवTय केO (cid:3)(cid:24) पर मोटरयान ले जाने के िलए लगाए गए आUटकुलेटड, Fक-Fेलर या Fै$ट र Fेलर, उस समय तक
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सि‘ज त होगा या उसम(cid:2) लगा होगा ।''।
5. िनयम 125 के उपिनयम (2) के तीसरे परंतकु के प=च ात ् िन(cid:25)न िलिखत परंतकु अंत:(थ ािपत 3कया जाएगा,
अथाDत्:--
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िभOन -िभOन िवTय केO (cid:3)(cid:24) पर मोटर यान ल े जाए जाने के िलए आUटकुलेटड, Fक-Fेलर या Fै$ट र-Fेलर यान प=च
िनगरानी सबं ंधी कैमरे मॉनीटरी युि$ त या प=च अवलोकन कैमरे स े सि‘ज त होगा ।''।
[सं. आरटी-11028/29/2006-एमवीएल]
अभय दामले, संयु$ त सिचव
(cid:6)(cid:6)(cid:6)(cid:6)टटटट(cid:25)(cid:25)(cid:25)(cid:25)पप पप णणणण : मूल िनयम भारत के राजप6 म(cid:2) सा.का.िन. 590(अ), तारीख 2 जून, 1989 !ारा अिधसूिचत 3कए गए थे
और सा.का.िन...... तारीख..........!ारा उनका अिOतम संशोधन 3कया गया ।
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 18th April, 2016
G.S.R. 425(E).— The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules,
1989, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 110 of Motor
Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of section 212 of the said Act for
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 thirty days from the date on which the copies of this notification as published in the
Gazette of India, are made available to the Public;¹Hkkx IIµ[k.M 3 (i)º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 3
Any objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect the said draft rules before
the expiry of the aforesaid period will be considered by the Central Government;
Objections and suggestions, if any, may be sent to the Joint Secretary (Transport), Ministry of Road Transport
and Highways, Transport Bhavan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001.
Draft Rules
1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles (_____Amendment) Rules, 2016.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred as the said rules), in rule 93, in sub-rule (2), after
clause (iii), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—
“Provided that, on and after the 1st April 2017, in case of articulated vehicles, engaged by automobile
manufacturers to carry motor vehicles from their factories to different sale outlets in the country, 18.75 metres.”
3. In rule 93, in sub-rule (2), after clause (iv), the following provisos shall be inserted namely:—
“Provided that, on and after the 1st April 2017, in case of Truck-Trailer or Tractor-Trailer vehicles engaged by
automobile manufacturers to carry motor vehicles from their factories to different sale outlets in the country, 18.75 m.:
Provided further that, on and after the 1st April 2017, articulated or Truck-Trailer or Tractor-Trailer vehicles
engaged by automobile manufacturers to carry motor vehicle from their factories to different sale outlets in the country,
shall be provided with a sliding inspection window on the container body, to allow verification of motor vehicles carried
in the container and the sliding inspection window shall be minimum of 400 mm in length and 300 mm in height and at
least one sliding inspection window shall be fitted to the middle third of the vehicle, the foremost sliding inspection
window being not further than 3 m from the front; in the case of trailers account shall be taken of the length of the
drawbar for the measurement of this distance and the distance between two adjacent sliding inspection windows shall not
exceed 4 m. the height of the upper edge of the sliding inspection window shall not be more than 1.8 m from the ground.”
4. In the said rules, in rule 118, in sub-rule (1), after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted,
namely:-
“Provided also that on and from 1st April 2017 in case of articulated, Truck-Trailer or Tractor-Trailer vehicles engaged
by automobile manufacturers to carry motor vehicles from their factories to different sale outlets in the country, 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 speed of 60 kilometers per hour
conforming to the Standards AIS 018/2001, as amended from time to time, till such time as corresponding Bureau of
Indian Standards specifications are notified.”.
5. In rule 125, in sub-rule (2), after the third proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—
“Provided also that on and from the 1st April 2017 in case of Articulated, Truck-Trailer or Tractor-Trailer vehicles
engaged by automobile manufacturers to carry motor vehicle from their factories to different sale outlets in the country,
shall be equipped with a rear surveillance camera-monitoring device or rear view camera.”.
[No. RT-11028/29/2006-MVL]
ABHAY DAMLE, Jt. Secy.
Note:- The principal rules were notified in the Gazette of India vide G.S.R. 590(E) dated 2nd June, 1989 and last
amended vide G.S.R. dated _____
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