Chennai: Marking ‘overspeed’ on the highway, Madras has canceled the central notification issued in 2018, increasing the vehicle’s speed limit on the freeway from 100 km to 120 kmp.
Blame ‘overspeeding’ for most road accidents, the court also directs authority to reduce the speed limit in accordance with Notifications August 5, 2014, which prescribes 80 km per hour as the maximum speed limit even on the highway.
Refusing to accept the holder taken by the United States that the speed limit has been determined by the expert committee given the increase in infrastructure and better vehicle engine technology, the Justice Division N Kirubakan (since the juice) and Justice TV Thamilselvi: “When overspeeding is the main cause of accidents in Road, it is not known how to increase road infrastructure and machine technology will reduce accidents.
” In fact, better engine technology will always be a reason for uncontrolled speed and thus, causing more accidents, the addition of the field.
It was said by the authorities had to use modern gadgets such as Speed ​​Gun, the display of indications of speed and drone to find out the vehicle that drove and punish the driver.
“Violators of road traffic regulations must be punished strictly in accordance with the law.
Vehicles with high speed machines must be calibrated in such a way that the vehicle does not exceed the speed limit permitted,” said the court.
The court issued an order while increasing the compensation given to a female dentist who experienced 90% disability in an accident on the road, and two children.
The court increased Rs 18.4 lakh provided by court to Rs 1.5 Crore.
In 2013, while the victim drove a two-wheeled vehicle at Kanccheepuram Road, a MTC bus, which was pushed by a rash and negligent, hit him.
Discarding the request, the judges suggest that the government is a special court to handle traffic violations and accident claims cases, so that criminal cases arise from accidents and claims arising from the same accident can be handled by a special court with a comprehensive court.