Sunday, February 9, 2020

Man fined ₹42,500 for allowing minor to ride his vehicle

09/02/2020, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA,BHUBANESWAR

The transport authority in Odisha’s Bhadrak district has slapped a penalty of ₹42,500 on a man for allowing a minor to ride his motorcycle, violating traffic rules, under the new motor vehicles law, officials said. The minor was found riding the bike without a helmet, with two of his friends on pillion, they said.

The challan has been issued in the name of the two-wheeler owner under the provisions of the amended Motor Vehicles Act, traffic inspector Dhaneswar Nayak said. “The boy was found riding the two-wheeler on the wrong side of the road on Thursday. We have slapped a composite fine of ₹42,500 for violating traffic rules,” he said.

The challan was issued under various heads, such as ₹500 for general offence, ₹5,000 for allowing a person to drive a vehicle with no valid papers, ₹5,000 for riding a motorbike without driving licence, ₹5,000 for driving against the flow of traffic, ₹1,000 for riding a two-wheeler with more than two persons and ₹1,000 for riding a motorcycle without helmet.

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