The Federation of All India Dealers' Association (FADA) has mooted voluntary inspection of cars by their users for checking the status of breaks and environmental worthiness every year to make the travel safe. In turn, the car owners will get some rebate on the insurance premium for having certification.
President of FADA S.P. Shah told mediapersons at the Hyderabad International Auto Show-2010 here on Thursday that it would be introduced by early September, wherein all car dealers would possess computerised break-testing and pollution-checking equipment and issue FADA certification. The association had 2,800 dealers as its members across the country. The FADA already entered into agreements with ICICI Lombard and Bajaj Alliance insurance companies for implementing the scheme and negotiating similar pacts with other general insurance companies. The customers would need to pay Rs. 500 for getting such check-up and certification and in turn they would get Rs. 500 rebate in the insurance premium for their car. The scheme would be introduced in Hyderabad, Delhi and Mumbai to begin with and would be spread across the country later. It could also be extended to cover other vehicle in latter stages, he said.
Reasoning that non-availability of trained drivers and lack of awareness among drivers are the major reasons for high incidence of road accidents in India, the FADA chief said that the steps like the one initiated by them would help bring down the mishaps to some extent.
