Helmets are must from today

Helmets are must from today
The Hindu.com

Special Correspondent

Police to fine two-wheeler riders without helmets
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# Helmets should conform to ISI specifications
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BANGALORE: Two-wheeler riders will have to wear helmets from Wednesday when the rule making this compulsory comes into force in the limits of Bangalore and five other city corporations in the State.

Home Minister M.P. Prakash told presspersons on Tuesday that the rule would be in force within the limits of the Bangalore Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (BMRDA) and the Mysore, Mangalore, Gulbarga, Hubli-Dharwad and Belgaum city corporations.

The Bellary City Corporation has been exempted in view of the high temperature there.

In Bangalore, the rule will be applicable throughout city and within the limits of the Bommanahalli, Dasarahalli, Byatarayanapura, Krishnarajapuram, Mahadevapura, Yelahanka and Rajarajeshwarinagar city municipal councils and the Kengeri Town Municipal Council. Helmets should conform to ISI specifications.

Police to enforce rule


Commissioner of Police Neelam Achuta Rao told presspersons on Tuesday that the police would enforce the rule from Wednesday. Any two-wheeler rider found not wearing a helmet would be fined Rs. 100. The police would impose a fine of Rs. 300 for every subsequent violation, he said.

Mr. Achuta Rao said the Government had not yet taken a decision on making wearing of helmets compulsory for those riding pillion.