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Mumbai: Not wearing helmet will now lead to licence suspension for three months

Updated on: 08 April,2022 02:23 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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Besides this, such riders will also be fined, Mumbai traffic police said in an announcement made on YouTube

Mumbai: Not wearing helmet will now lead to licence suspension for three months

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Mumbai traffic police announced that it will start suspending licences of those riding without helmets for three months. 


Besides this, such riders will also be fined, Mumbai traffic police said in an announcement made on YouTube.


DCP (traffic) Raj Tilak Roshan said, “Every challan for riding without helmets will be immediately sent to the RTO and suspended for three months. The offender will be sent to the nearest traffic chowky, where he will have to watch two hours of videos on defensive driving and traffic rules.”


Tilak also said that in the last month, over 75,000 bikers were fined for driving without helmets.

 

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