New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in a draft notification has proposed new safety measures for children travelling on motorcycles.
The draft notification has proposed the following:
* The speed of a motorcycle, carrying a child below four years as pillion, should not exceed 40 kmph.
* The driver must ensure that the child passenger, aged between nine months and four years, must wear a helmet.
* For children below four years, safety harness shall be used for attaching the child to the driver of the motorcycle.
The safety harness is a vest to be worn by the child, which shall be adjustable, with a pair of straps attached to the vest and forming shoulder loops to be worn by the driver, the notification says.