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Congress & AAP protest, BJP stays mum as police renew efforts to implement helmet rule on a reluctant Rajkot
September 09, 2025 1:32 am
On Day 1 of the Traffic Police's second attempt in six years to implement the law, hundreds were fined for riding two-wheelers without the mandatory protective headgear. While many argue that the rule does not make sense in a city marred by slow traffic, a look at accident records tell a different story
Pune RTO to enforce helmet rule for people visiting govt offices on two-wheelers
November 26, 2024 5:33 pm
Pune’s Regional Transport Office will form squads to check whether people coming to government offices on two-wheelers wear helmets and will issue challans to rule violators.
Wearing helmet made mandatory for govt employees in Pune division
October 23, 2024 10:44 pm
The Road Safety Committee set up by the Supreme Court under Justice Abhay Sapre recently concluded a meeting at Vidhan Bhavan regarding the measures to be taken to reduce road accidents in Pune
Ahmedabad: Rs 2 crore fine collected in 2 weeks in crackdown on driving without helmets
September 11, 2024 5:58 am
Under Section 129 of the amended act, every individual aged four and above is required to wear protective headgear while riding a motorcycle
Over 6,200 penalised in city for riding bikes without helmet
June 10, 2022 3:25 am
Traffic police officials said it is compulsory to use a helmet while riding motorbike or pillion under Section 129 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988.
Helmet worn by Amelia Earhart sells for $825,000 at auction
March 06, 2022 10:16 pm
Photos shot before and after the flight show her wearing a jaunty leather helmet or flight cap
Teacher falls off motorbike, crushed under wheels of truck in Bengaluru
January 31, 2022 9:27 pm
While locals blamed the accident on the potholes and the poor condition of the Magadi Main Road, cops said the woman was wearing a sub-standard helmet.
‘No helmet, no fuel’ at Noida, Greater Noida pumps: On Day 1, some borrow headgear to get past policy, others argue
June 02, 2019 3:19 am
“Fuel will not be provided to two-wheelers if either the driver or the pillion rider are found without helmets,” Gautam Budh Nagar District Magistrate B N Singh had said.
‘Amendment making it compulsory for children under 4 years to wear helmet long pending in Parliament’
April 11, 2019 10:07 am
Experts say that certain automobile agencies of four-wheelers and two-wheelers are encouraging people to not allow their children to sit on the front seats of cars or stand in the cavity between the handle of a two-wheeler and the rider’s seat.
Pakistan: Sikh community exempted from wearing helmets in Peshawar
October 25, 2018 4:48 pm
By the end of September, the City Traffic Police Lahore (CTPL) had issued over 58,066 tickets to motorcyclists riding without helmets in the provincial capital.
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