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‘Operation 100’ from January 1

N. Rahul

— PHOTO: P.V. SIVAKUMAR

Tough move: Tinted glasses will soon be a thing of the past in the State.

HYDERABAD: Tinted glasses on cars will not be allowed from January 1 unless they meet certain specifications. This will be one of the three rules that will be strictly enforced by the Transport Department throughout the State in the New Year to ensure road safety and check crime.

The implementation of these rules has been code named ‘Operation 100’ though it includes enforcement of 104 and 106 (all numbers represent different sections of Motor Vehicles Act).

While Sections 104 and 106 have already come into force this month on national and State highways to check hazardous driving and prevent accidents, Section 100 has been deferred till January to create awareness among car owners until then.

All three rules will be made compulsory from January.

Transport Commissioner Poonam Malakondaiah said Section 100 of the Act governing black safety glasses on motor vehicles prescribes that the windscreen and rear window of every motor vehicle shall be maintained in such a way that visual transmission of light is not less than 70 per cent.

The glasses used for side windows shall have visual transmission of not less than 50 per cent.

She told The Hindu that interception of 1.44 lakh vehicles for violations under Sections 104 and 106 from November 1 has earned a fine of Rs. 47 lakh. Sec. 104 makes it compulsory for all motor vehicles, including trailers and semi-trailers, and goods carriages to have reflective tapes in the front and rear to ensure safety at night. A red reflector at the rear is sufficient for motorcycles.

The goods carriages should contain red reflective tapes running across the entire width of the body at the front and rear.

Head lamp

Sec. 106 stipulates that the beam of light emitted from the head lamp of the vehicle should be deflected downwards in order to avoid blinding drivers of vehicles coming in the opposite direction.

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