Enforcement of Motor Vehicle Rule to begin after sensitisation
Owners of cars, jeeps and other motor vehicles tinted films on windscreens and window panes have been asked to remove them immediately in compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court. The orders have come into force across the country with effect from May 4.
City Police will first appeal to the motorists to ensure compliance with the court directive and after sensitisation, the enforcement of Motor Vehicle Rule will begin immediately, City Police Commissioner A.K. Viswanathan said on Friday.
Mr. Viswanathan was addressing the media along with Deputy Commissioners of Police Hema Karunagaran (Law and Order) and T. Senthilkumar (Crime and Traffic).
Mr. Viswanathan said that Rule 100 (11) of the Central Motor Vehicle Rule (CMVR) banned the use of tinted films.
Light penetration levels should be 70 per cent in respect of the front and rear wind screens, while the light penetration levels on all the four window panes should be 40 per cent.
Exemption from such a rule could be given by the police at their own discretion only in respect of vehicles involved in VIP and VVIP security.
With regard to other vehicles, use of tinted films was prohibited.
Motorists found violating the CMVR provisions and the Supreme Court directive would be levied a fine of Rs. 100 for the first time and for the subsequent violations, the penalty would be Rs. 300 each.
Enforcement of the rule and levying of penalty would begin immediately after the drive.
Police while exhorting the public to remove the tinted films have also asked the Station House Officers to sensitise merchants dealing with automobile accessories to desist from marketing such films.
Automobile dealers were also being sensitised on the need to tell the automobile manufacturers to stop using tinted glasses.
Keywords: tinted films, Motor Vehicle Rule, Light penetration levels
Do Govt believe that hereafter, criminals stop travelling by car? Can
the cops identify every criminals travelling by car? Are the public
supposed to use blankets to hide their valuables in car from thieves?
Why the manufacturers of tinted glasses/films are not instructed to
stop production? Can the Govt provide alternate arrangement to escape
from the hot sun during long journeys? The only result of this is losing
privacy in cars and one more opportunity for the police to harass the
public.
this is just a money making trick . nothing else. if govt want to eliminate crimes take out that from root find culprits & not by removing sunfilms . this is really a non sense rule. can this govt understand the impact of this on common people . how any can travel in sun during long journeys can govt answer this question. investigate & find criminals & not by removing sunfilms & affecting common people. so pathetic
Our courts are turning out to be a bane on society. This ruling is yet another "Licence to Loot". Exemption is being given for VVIPs. Well many of these VVIPs are criminals - in proportion compared to general public. Why must they be given exemption to these rules? Supreme court should concentrate on tackling criminal cases - not releasing criminals in the 2G scam, not ensuring 5-star treatment for terrorists and criminals involved in murder. The courts should not make criminals out of society as a whole by calling necessities such as sun films as "social evils". More crimes are committed with Burqas and Tinted Helmets than Sun films in cars. Supreme court would prove itself to be a "thug headquarters" by passing rules which only licenses harassment of common people.
Government knowing about the Supreme Court Rule, have not penalized or given any warning to Car Manufacturer(s) for not providing the Tinted Glass. Now they are ready to fine the Normal people for the mistakes that is not being eradicated from the root. This is one of the case of flaws in implementing the rule which will disappear in days to come. "Rule Makers are Rule Breakers". They have to set examples to others before implementing the Law. Still there are lots of Government vehicles not following the Supreme Court rules and have BLACK SUN FILM beyond the visibility level.
People are trying to find way to mint money out of the issue and not trying to find a solution to fix the problem is quite annoying. Hope Government understands the Common People issues and address them with extra care before implementing them in a phased and stabilized manner.
dear Sir,
already the traffic police department has enough work and headaches on hand to solve like, rash and negligent driving control , etc etc.this is an additional burden. I WONDER HOW EFFECTIVE THIS RULE IS TRYING TO CONTROL CRIME RATE. out of curiosity i just want to ask the GOVT what will happen if the criminals start to wear burkhas and implement the existing crimes like kidnapping etc in the car. will the govt then ban and say no burkha wearing ladies will be allowed to sit in the cars?
i mean how foolish it is that over night we have made one more hurdle to the automobile industry and car users in particular. We need to go a long way to see development in this nation . HATS OFF
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