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(5) It shall be the duty of the owner to ensure that the driver of the goods carriage
carrying dangerous or hazardous goods holds a driving licence as per provisions of rule
9 of these rules.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in rules 131 and 132, it shall be sufficient
compliance of the provisions of these rules if the consignor transporting dangerous or
hazardous goods and the owner of the goods carriage or the transporter, abides by these
conditions within six months after the date of coming into force of the Central Motor
Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 1993.
133. Responsibility of the driver
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(1) The driver of a goods carriage transporting dangerous or hazardous goods shall
ensure that the information given to him in writing under sub-rule (3) of rule 132 is kept
in the driver’s cabin and is available at all times while the dangerous or hazardous goods
to which it relates, are being transported.
(2) Every driver of a goods carriage transporting any dangerous or hazardous
goods shall observe at all times all the directions necessary for preventing fire, explosion
or escape of dangerous or hazardous goods carried by him while the goods carriage is
in motion, and when it is not being driven he shall ensure that the goods carriage is
parked in a place which is safe from fire, explosion and any other risk, and at all times,
the vehicle remains under the control and supervision of the driver or some other
competent person above the age of 18 years.]
134. Emergency information panel
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(1) Every goods carriage used for transporting any dangerous or hazardous goods
shall be legibly and conspicuously marked with an emergency information panel in each
of the three places indicated in the Table below so that the emergency information panel
faces to each side of the carriage and to its rear and such panel shall contain the following
information, namely:—
(i) the correct technical name of the dangerous or hazardous goods in letters
not less than 50 millimetres high;
(ii) the United Nations class number for the dangerous or hazardous goods as
given in column 1, Table 1 appended with rule 137, in numerals not less
than 100 millimetres high;
(iii) the class label of the dangerous or hazardous goods of the size of not less
then 260 millimetres square;
(iv) the name and telephone number of the emergency services to be contacted
in the event of fire or any other accident in letters and numerals that are not
less than 50 millimetres high and the name and telephone number of the
consignor of the dangerous or hazardous goods or of some other person
from whom expert information and advice can be obtained concerning the
measures that should be taken in the event of an emergency involving such
goods.