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Five traffic offences to cost driving licence: The government has proposed tougher traffic rules to curb habitual offenders. The proposed rules notify
a three-month licence suspension for drivers committing five or more violations in a year, with a notice and hearing process, effective January 1. These provisions are added under Motor Vehicles Rules by the road transport ministry.
Key points of the new traffic rule:
– Notice will be issued after the fifth violation.
– Driver gets a chance to explain with proof.
– Licence will be suspended only if the explanation will not be satisfactory.
– The rule will be effective from January 1.
– Violations older than one year will not be counted.
Government amends Central Motor Vehicles Rules to boost user fee payments
In an effort to boost compliance towards user fee payment at the toll plazas on national highways, the government has notified the ‘Central Motor Vehicles (Second Amendment) Rules, 2026’, rolling out key changes to the ‘Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989’.
These amendments are designed to improve user fee compliance, bolstering efficiency of electronic toll collection and discouraging user fee evasion on national highways, the road transport and highways ministry said in a statement.
Under the amended rules, a new definition of ‘unpaid user fee’ has been introduced. It refers to the user fee payable for the use of a national highway section, where the electronic toll collection system has recorded the vehicle’s passage, but the applicable fee has not been received in accordance with the National Highways Act, 1956.
The amendments link the clearance of unpaid national highway user fee with vehicle-related services. As per the provisions, a no objection certificate for transfer of ownership or transfer of a vehicle from one state to another shall not be granted until any unpaid user fee is cleared.
In addition, renewal or generation of a certificate of fitness for vehicles will not be permitted unless outstanding user fee dues have been paid. For commercial vehicles seeking a national permit, the amended rules make it mandatory that the vehicle must not have any unpaid user fee.
Corresponding changes have also been made to ‘form 28’ which now requires applicants to disclose whether any demand for an unpaid user fee at a toll plaza is pending against the vehicle, along with relevant details.
Promoting digital processes, the rules also enable the electronic issuance of relevant portions of ‘Form 28’ through the designated online portal.
‘Form 28’ is an application for an NOC, a key document required for transferring vehicle ownership to another state or district confirming the vehicle has no pending taxes, challans, or legal issues.
