Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 16: Following the amendments made by the Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways to Rule 118 of Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, State Government as suggested by the Union Ministry today issued a notification in the shape of SRO 50 dated 16thFebruary, 2016 with specification that every transport vehicle notified by the Central Government under Sub-section (4) of Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 except the transport vehicles covered under the proviso to Sub-rule (1) of rule 118 of the above said rules and registered prior to 1st Oct, 2015 which are not already fitted with speed governor shall be equipped or fitted by the operators of those vehicles on or before 1st April, 2016 with a speed governor (speed limiting device or speed limiting function) conferring to the standard AIS 018/2001, as amended from time to time and may fix the maximum pre set speed of (50) Kilometre per hour in respect of transport vehicles carrying hazardous goods and those transport vehicles that are dumpers, tankers, school buses and such speed shall be (60) Kilometre per hour in respect of other transport vehicles. |
