Dec deadline for front seat airbags in existing cars

The road transport ministry has deferred the mandatory installation of airbags for front seat passengers in the existing car models by four months. Now the car manufacturers will have to comply with the norms from December 31. However, this mandatory condition for new models of cars, which have been rolled out this year, has kicked in from April 1.Sources said the relaxation has been made considering the pandemic situation since the manufacturers need to make some changes in their production line.In another move, the ministry has also allowed to increase the height of heavy goods carrying vehicles to 4.75 meters only for transporting “indivisible load”, which will come as a big relief for transport of steel and glass.However, S P Singh, senior fellow of IFTRT, a Delhi-based think tank on transport issues said, “The definition of indivisible load is very vague and this provision can be misused by transporters. On the one hand we are talking about reducing road deaths and on the other we are taking steps which have the potential to compromise road safety.”

from Economic Times https://ift.tt/35S4Esp