Page 831 - The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989

REG. 5 MOTOR VEHICLES (DRIVING) REGULATIONS, 2017 803

(4) The driver and the riders shall take special care and precautions to ensure
the safety of the most vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists, children,
the elderly and the differently abled persons.
(5) The driver shall ensure that his vehicle, while moving or when stationary,
does not cause any hindrance or undue inconvenience to other road users or to
the occupants of any properties.
(6) The driver shall ensure that his view is not obstructed and his hearing
is not impaired by passengers, animals, the load, equipment in the vehicle or by
the condition of the vehicle.
(7) The driver shall ensure that he and the other occupants of the vehicle
wears seat belts, if provided in the vehicle.
(8) The driver shall ensure that a child up to twelve years of age is seated
in an appropriate child restraint system, wherever provided.
(9) Wherever provided by or under the law, the rider of a motor cycle, with
or without a side car, and the pillion-rider and occupant of the side car shall wear
protective head gear (helmet) or such other safety device as specified under any
law for the time being in force.

(10) The driver shall ensure that loud music is not played in the vehicle.
(11) The driver shall not watch digital motion pictures or videos while
driving, except where required for route navigation:
PROVIDED that the driver shall use a device for route navigation in such
a manner as not to distract his attention from driving.
(12) The driver shall strictly comply with the laws for the time being in force
relating to prohibition on consumption of alcohol and drugs and smoking, and
also ensure compliance thereto by the other crew, riders and passengers, if any.
(13) The driver shall take care of himself and the passengers of the vehicle,
when getting into or out of a vehicle so as to ensure his own safety and the safety
of the other staff, the passengers and other road users.
(14) The driver shall not, in any public place, drive a vehicle which, to his
knowledge, has a defect, or which he could have discovered by exercising ordinary
care, and on account of which defect the driving of the vehicle is likely to cause
undue danger to the safety of the occupants of the vehicles or other road users.
(15) If a technical defect is discovered in a vehicle while it is being driven,
the driver shall take the vehicle off the road in the quickest possible manner:
PROVIDED that powered two wheelers may be pushed to safety in a situation
of discovery of a technical defect during driving.
(16) While riding or driving a motor cycle or a three wheeler, the driver or
the rider shall not hold on to or push any other vehicle.
(17) The driver of a motor cycle or a three wheeler shall at all times hold the
handle bar with both hands except when signalling the manoeuvre as specified
in regulation 9.