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High Court Puts Brakes on RTA Speed Limit Plan
Posted by Pradeep Sadanapalli | June 24, 2007 | 278 views
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Loading ...The regional transport authority’s bid to limit speed of vehicles plying on the city roads has hit a speed-breaker with the High Court ruling that the move is ‘illegal and contrary to the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act’.
While the RTA’s move won it kudos from public, the High Court was flooded with petitions from agitated vehicle owners against the rule that would cost them over Rs 17,000 each to install a speed limiting device. Moreover, they also questioned the logic in setting a speed limit at 65 kph in a city where motorists can hardly hit 50 kph.
School and college buses, light commercial vehicles and maxi cabs were chosen for implementing the rule.
Though there are about 7,000 vehicles in the city falling in these categories, only 400 vehicles have installed the speed governors so far. Transport authorities admitted that the prohibitive cost of the device was a major deterrent.
“Though many did come forward, owners of these vehicles are wary of the huge cost involved. Educational institutions contended that there was no scope for high speeds in city limits. They rather chose to move court than fall in line,” said joint transport commissioner B Venkateswarlu.
The vehicle owners were against the GO 239, which made it mandatory for the vehicles registered or operating in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Nalgonda and Chittoor districts to have speed governors. In response to one of the petitions, the court has ordered a halt to the implementation of the rule. The impugned GO is set to expire on July 15.
Apart from vehicle owners, traffic police too are happy over the judgment since the speed limit move would have made the job of traffic management more difficult. However, the daily average death toll of 34 in the state due to road accidents remains a cause for concern.
SOURCES:
Times Of India
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