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THE MOTOR VEHICLES

(DRIVING) REGULATIONS, 2017

[G.S.R. 634(E), dt. 23-6-2017]
(As amended vide GSR 38(E), dt. 15-1-2024, w.e.f. 15-1-2024)

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 118 of the Motor Vehicles Act,
1988 (59 of 1988), and in supersession of the Rules of the Road Regulations, 1989,
except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the
Central Government hereby makes the following regulations for the driving of
motor vehicles, namely:—
1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1) These regulations may be called the Motor Vehicles (Driving) Regulations,
2017.
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(2) They shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official
Gazette.
2. Definitions
(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Act” means the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988);
(b) “carriageway” means the part or parts of a road normally used by
vehicular traffic, whether separated from one another by a dividing
strip or a difference of level or not;
(c) “construction zone” means a section of the roadway where the
construction activity is in progress or declared to be undertaken and
which may comprise of work space, traffic space or buffer space;
(d) “heavy vehicle” means a heavy goods vehicle or heavy passenger
motor vehicle as defined in clauses (16) and (17), respectively, of
section 2 of the Act;
(e) “intersection” means any level crossroad, junction or fork, including
the open areas formed by such crossroads, junctions or forks;
(f) “longitudinal marking” means the road marking which is provided
along the movement of traffic on carriageway;
(g) “major district roads” means the important roads within a district of
a State notified as such by the State Government;
(h) “major road” means the highway, road or street designated as such
by any highway authority or local authority within its jurisdiction;
(i) “national highways” means the highways specified in the Schedule
to the National Highways Act, 1956 or any other highway declared

@ Enforced w.e.f. 23-6-2017.