Page 111 - The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

SECTION 122 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 97

118. Driving regulations
The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make
regulations for the driving of motor vehicles.
119. Duty to obey traffic signs
(1) Every driver of a motor vehicle shall drive the vehicle in conformity with any
indication given by mandatory traffic sign and in conformity with the driving regulations
made by the Central Government, and shall comply with all directions given to him by
any police officer for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic in any public
place.
(2) In this section “mandatory traffic sign” means a traffic sign included in Part A
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of [the First Schedule], or any traffic sign of similar form (that is to say, consisting of or
including a circular disc displaying a device, word or figure and having a red ground
or border) placed or erected for the purpose of regulating motor vehicle traffic under
sub-section (1) of section 116.
120. Vehicles with left hand control
No person shall drive or cause or allow to be driven in any public place any motor
vehicle with a left-hand steering control unless it is equipped with a mechanical or
electrical signalling device of a prescribed nature and in working order.
121. Signals and signalling devices
The driver of a motor vehicle shall make such signals and on such occasions as
may be prescribed by the Central Government:
PROVIDED that the signal of an intention to turn to the right or left or to stop—
(a) in the case of a motor vehicle with a right-hand steering control, may be
given by a mechanical or electrical device of a prescribed nature affixed to
the vehicle; and
(b) in the case of a motor vehicle with a left hand steering control, shall be
given by a mechanical or electrical device of a prescribed nature affixed to
the vehicle:
PROVIDED FURTHER that the State Government may, having regard to the width
and condition of the roads in any area or route, by notification in the Official Gazette,
exempt subject to such conditions as may be specified therein any motor vehicle or
class or description of motor vehicles from the operation of this section for the purpose
of plying in that area or route.
122. Leaving vehicle in dangerous position
No person in charge of a motor vehicle shall cause or allow the vehicle or any
trailer to be abandoned or to remain at rest on any public place in such a position or in
such a condition or in such circumstances as to cause or likely to cause danger,
obstruction or undue inconvenience to other users of the public place or to the passengers.

1 Substituted for “the Schedule” by Act 54 of 1994, w.e.f. 14-11-1994.