M. Sridhar Reddy, Asst. Commissioner of Police (Traffic), L.B. Nagar division on Tuesday said they were going to educate motorists about the importance of wearing helmets and they were booking cases as per Motor Vehicle Act against those driving or riding motorcycles of any class or description without wearing helmets.
Speaking on the occasion of the Road Safety Week from January 6 to 12, Sridhar Reddy said, “Motorcycle helmets are one of the most important considerations of all safety concerns, especially when you consider the current statistics, brain injury is one of the most dominant causes of motorcycle fatalities. Realizing this, motorcyclists should compulsorily wear helmets”. He also said the governments were contemplating to make “helmet wearing” mandatory both for the riders and the pillion riders.
The ACP further explained that motorcycle helmets are basically aimed at absorbing the impact of collision to the brain in case of an accident. With this in mind, motorcyclists and pillion riders must wear helmets for their own good”.
He hoped that during the Road Safety Week, road accidents may not occur in the limits of Cyberabad. Helmets save lives and reduce the risk of brain injury, the nation’s emergency physicians also demanding the same, he said.
“People are riding motorcycles without helmets. “Now is the time to get in the habit of wearing a certified safety helmet, because it only takes is one tragic crash to end your life or cause serious injuries to your brain that can alter your life forever.” Helmet use is the best way to reduce head injuries and fatalities from crashes..
THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988
129. Wearing of protective headgear. – Every person driving or riding (otherwise than in a side car, on a motor cycle of any class or description) shall, while in a public place, wear
76[protective headgear conforming to the standards of Bureau of Indian Standards:] provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to a person who is a Sikh, if he is, while driving or riding on the motor cycle, in a public place, wearing a turban : provided further that the State Government may, by such rules, provide for such exceptions as it may think fit.(NSS)