Ministry of Transport told the Ministry of Consumer Affairs: Amazon, Flipkart stop selling seat belt alarm blockers in India

 Seat belt alarm blocker: After the death of former Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry in a road accident, the government has become very serious about seat belts. Along with this, e-commerce companies have been asked to stop the sale of devices that turn off seat belt alarms.

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 Seat Belt Alarm Blocker: After the death of former Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry in a road accident, the government has become very serious about seat belts. A senior government official said that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has written to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs asking e-commerce companies not to sell devices designed to turn off car seat belt alarms.Based on a complaint by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in May this year, the Central Consumer Protection Authority said that the e-sellers selling devices designed to deactivate car seat belt alarms, the official said. Notice was sent to commerce companies.

How does this device work

Actually, if you forget to put on the seat belt due to the seat belt alarm installed in the car, then this alarm alerts you, but many times people consider it to be a very cumbersome task and neglect it. In such a situation, this alarm blocking device, which is like a metal clip, completes the circuit of the seat belt and does not sound the alarm in the car even if the seat belt is not on. 

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday that the government is planning to make it mandatory for automakers to install seat belt alarm system for rear seats as well.

Let us inform that Gadkari made this statement after the death of former Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry in a road accident on Sunday, where his car collided with a divider in Palghar district of Maharashtra.

Cyrus Mistry died in a Road Accident

It is believed that Mistry, who was sitting at the back with his friend Jahangir Pandole, was not wearing a seat belt and suffered a severe jolt as the speeding car hit the divider. Pandole also died in the accident.

Currently, it is mandatory for all vehicle manufacturers to provide seat belt reminders for front seat passengers.

People sitting in the back seat have to wear seat belt

Although passengers who do not wear seat belts even in the rear seat are subject to a fine of Rs 1,000 under Rule 138(3) of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (CMVR), most people are either unaware of it or simply ignore it. Huh. Even traffic policemen seldom charge a fine from the back seat passengers for not wearing a seat belt.

Gadkari told this big thing

Earlier this week, Gadkari said, "I have traveled with chief ministers of four different states in the last one year. All their drivers had clips in their cars, which caused seat belt alarms in their cars. ) Was spoiled."

So many lives lost due to not wearing seat belt

According to a recent report by the Ministry of Roads, the number of people killed and injured for not wearing seat belts during 2020 stood at 15,146 and 39,102 respectively.

Source:www.zeebiz.com