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Seven Years After MV Act Amendments, Experts Call for Safer Roads and Stricter Speed Control
✍️ thehindu.com
🗓 24 Sep 2026, 11:38 PM
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Road safety experts are urging stronger speed management and safer road infrastructure seven years after the Motor Vehicles Act amendments were introduced.
It has been seven years since the Motor Vehicles Act was amended to strengthen road safety regulations across India. On this milestone, road safety experts are once again highlighting the need for safer roads and more effective speed management to reduce accidents.
The amendments had introduced stricter penalties and provisions aimed at curbing traffic violations. However, experts believe that enforcement alone is not sufficient and that sustained focus on road design and speed control measures is essential.
Calls are growing for authorities to prioritise safer road infrastructure and implement stricter speed management systems to bring down the number of road fatalities in the country.
The amendments had introduced stricter penalties and provisions aimed at curbing traffic violations. However, experts believe that enforcement alone is not sufficient and that sustained focus on road design and speed control measures is essential.
Calls are growing for authorities to prioritise safer road infrastructure and implement stricter speed management systems to bring down the number of road fatalities in the country.