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Traffic penalties and fines makes everyone wary and that’s probably why they’re even introduced in the first place. Effective since the 1st of September-2019 and with the aim of enhancing road safety, the Motor Vehicles Amendment comes with new fines and traffic violation penalties you should be cautious of, as most of these fines have been increased by a large margin! Especially for violations such as drunk driving, not giving way to emergency vehicles like ambulances and fire engines, driving without licence, driving while speaking on the phone, and driving without a valid insurance amongst other traffic violations. Let’s take a look at all the violations and the revised fines for the same:Â
Violation
New Penalty from 1st Sept-2019
Old Penalty
₹5,000 and/or community service
₹500
₹10,000 and/or 6 months prison | ₹15,000 and/or 2 years jail for repetitive violation.
₹2,000
LMV: ₹1,000- ₹2,000 MPV/HPV: ₹2,000- ₹4,000 (+ licence seizure)
₹400
₹1,000 and/or community service
₹100
₹2,000 and/or 3-months prison, community service | ₹4,000 for subsequent offence
₹1,000
₹500- ₹1000
₹100
₹1,000- ₹5,000 and/or 6-months to 1 year in prison, licence seizure
₹1,000
₹5,000
₹1,000
₹5,000 and/or 3-months prison, community service | ₹10,000 for subsequent violation and up to 1 year in prison, community service
₹500
₹10,000 and/or community service
₹500
₹1000, and or licence disqualification, community service for 3-months
₹100
₹2,000 and licence disqualification and/or 3-months of community service
₹100
₹25,000 with 3-years prison, cancellation of registration for 1-year, juvenile ineligible for licence until 25 years of age.
-
₹10,000, and/or community service
₹500
₹200 for every extra passenger and/or community service
-
₹500
₹200
Twice the penalty (varies according to traffic rules violated)
-
₹1,000- ₹5,000
₹1,000
₹2,000
₹500
₹10,000 and/or up to 6-months prison, community service
Up to ₹5,000
₹5,000 to ₹10,000 and/or community service
-
₹20,000 + ₹2,000 for every extra tonne and/or community service
₹2,000 + ₹1,000 for every extra tonne
₹25,000 to ₹1,00,000
-
₹5,000 | ₹10,000 for subsequent offence
-
₹2,000 | ₹4,000 for subsequent offence
-
Since these fines have just been introduced, currently you do have to visit the court to pay for your challan. However, once all states are notified of all norms. With due time, some violations would need a court visit while some of them would be required to be paid on-spot. Following is a quick table to help you figure it out.
Pay Fine On-Spot |
Visit Court and Pay Fine |
Driving/Riding without licence |
Jumping Traffic Light |
Driving/Riding without insurance |
Driving against flow of traffic |
Over speeding |
Drunk Driving |
Driving without seatbelt |
Juvenile Driving |
Violating road regulations |
- |
Using horn in silent zone |
- |
Driving without registration |
- |
Overloading |
- |
Oversized Vehicles |
- |
Vehicles without permit |
- |
Disobedience of orders of authorities |
- |
Unauthorized use of vehicles without licence |
- |
Riding without helmet |
- |
Not giving way to emergency vehicles |
- |
Speeding/Racing |
- |
Driving while talking on the phone (handheld) |
- |
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