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The survey primarily focuses on several major categories of vehicle alterations that have long been a bone of contention between motorists and law enforcement. These include aesthetic changes to body design and structure, performance enhancements like engine tuning, braking system upgrades, auxiliary lighting, and aftermarket high-decibel sound systems.
Overloaded timber trucks flout safety rules on MC Road, Thiruvalla, with folded plates, missing reflectors, and unsafe loads, risking serious accidents.
Kerala's Motor Vehicles Department is surveying public opinion on easing stringent vehicle modification laws, allowing safe aesthetic and performance tweaks while banning hazardous ones.
Kerala's Motor Vehicles Department is surveying public opinion on vehicle modifications, with a report outlining 18 permissible alterations, aiming to balance enthusiasm with road safety.
To manage increased demand, Kerala will boost daily driving test slots to 50, introduce mobile facial recognition for learner's tests, and ensure five-day weekly testing for three months.
In a bid to eliminate bureaucratic delays, the state government has also scrapped the requirement for a local police clearance report when applying for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to register vehicles outside Kerala. Instead of visiting police stations, vehicle owners can now simply submit a verification document sourced from the official National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) website, making the inter-state transfer process much faster and hassle-free.
Under the updated system, suspended licences will only be reactivated by the licensing authority once the offender successfully completes the designated training period and submits a certificate. Attending this correctional programme is also a prerequisite for submitting any appeals to the appellate authority.
A vehicle inspector fined a police car for lacking a PUC certificate, but faced obstruction charges when the vehicle's insurance was later confirmed valid, with PUC production reducible to a lesser fine.
Driver negligence, specifically descending a slope in top gear at high speed, caused a fatal truck accident. A heavy load exacerbated the impact, leading to three deaths.
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