Vadodara: Next time you walk to the showroom to buy two-wheeled vehicles in the city, you have to buy a helmet too.
Police Commissioner Kukar Shamsher Singh has directed the traffic department to implement the rules where the two-wheeled company has to provide a helmet with a vehicle.
The decision was taken during the road safety board meeting two days ago.
The move occurred after the police realized that most showrooms selling two-wheeled vehicles did not provide a helmet to customers.
“Many of them give a discount of several thousand rupees to customers and suggest they buy a helmet.
But it will not ensure that the customer will buy a helmet,” Singh told toi.
“So, I have asked the traffic department to implement the rules strictly.
Our team will now make a surprise visit to a different showroom and check if they give a helmet with two wheels.
What we are trying to do is save life by ensuring that people wear helmets, “said Singh.
The police said that many people happily get a discount on two-wheeled vehicles rather than buying a helmet.
Cover the head when purchasing two wheels.
However, rules are rarely followed throughout the state.
According to the rules, helmets must be certified by the Indian standard Bureau (bus) to ensure that they are of good quality.
Satyen Kulabker, a member of the road safety council, “both customers and showrooms are responsible for this weakness.
Often, customers provide reasons that they already have a helmet and request showroom management to provide discounts rather than helmet.
But the police department’s decision to apply rules will be strictly Helps save life.
As soon as people are given a helmet, mandator, they tend to wear it, “said the owner Thowroom said that most of the customer’s time argued against the rules of helmet compulsory and demanding a discount when buying two-wheeled vehicles.