Driving Offences (Mumbai)

[kaynmantis]

Originally Posted by velociraptor13

It depends-on highways its 60(bikes) and flyovers 40 or 50

Those are only sign boards for decorations. No one follows those speed limits. Not even Auto rickshaws .

I know its kind of late in commenting but couldn't resist .

[pankajshirke]

Originally Posted by kaynmantis

Those are only sign boards for decorations. No one follows those speed limits. Not even Auto rickshaws .

I know its kind of late in commenting but couldn't resist .

Actually speed limits by RTO are as follows

Heavy vehicle container truck:40 kmph
Bikes/Scooters: Max 50 kmph
60 kmph for trucks and buses

And surprisingly no speed limit defined for cars,jeeps and light 4 wheeler vehicles
Actually I think that it should also be restricted till 80 kmph max for any car/jeep/lcv but at present there are no restrictions.

[sid137]

Originally Posted by Parth

First of all, very informative thread. Many a times people get harassed by traffic cops as the cops says that your challan will come out to 1500 or so and then the poor citizen decides to bribe the cop to get out of the situation easily. When actually, the challan would have amounted to just a 100- 300 bucks and that money should have gone to the govt. instead it went in the cops pocket.

Secondly, This information is purely related to cars, as we can see in the topic riving offenses(not Riding offenses). It would be great if information about riding offenses that motorcyclists are liable to pay for could be added to this thread and then the topic name should be changed to Traffic Offences to accommodate both 4 and two wheelers.

+1

@zeeshan a very nice thread indeed

[pankajshirke]

Originally Posted by sid137

+1

@zeeshan a very nice thread indeed

In earlier thread,Parth wanted offences done by two wheelers.
Here are some of them

Actually there is one riding offence by most of motorcyclist and scooterist
In city and on highway
No two wheeler is driven in straight line in a continuos lane.
As a courtesy,anyone has to use indicator signals while changing lanes but many two wheeler riders ride their vehicles in a zig-zag way.
Someone overtakes from left and moves in rightmost lane and again comes in left lane.
And all this offences are carried out without indicator signals.

Another offence by two wheelers
Overtaking on bridges and flyovers
Basically this is an offence liable for penalty according to RTO but sad to say this rule is only on paper.I have not heard or seen anyone fined for driving in zig-zag way on a flyover/bridge
The reason behind this rule is that imagine that if a overtaking judgement goes wrong then there is literally no excuse.if accident occours on a bridge or flyover,any motorcyclist/scooterist can directly fall down from height of around 10-20 meters.Sad to say but a helmet also cannot save you in this condition.
Hence please dont overtake in zig-zag way on a flyover/bridge

[rameshrana03]

hey guys is it against rules/law to have the number stickered on bikes front fender rather than on number plates

concerning FZ16 or FZ-s

[mysti]

HI All,

My Bike is not registered yet due to strikes at RTO.

Can i still ride bike? Is it legal?

[Rashid]

Originally Posted by pankajshirke

Actually speed limits by RTO are as follows

Heavy vehicle container truck:40 kmph
Bikes/Scooters: Max 50 kmph
60 kmph for trucks and buses

And surprisingly no speed limit defined for cars,jeeps and light 4 wheeler vehicles
Actually I think that it should also be restricted till 80 kmph max for any car/jeep/lcv but at present there are no restrictions.

70kmph for LMV

[pushprajpradhan]

at a signal, while waiting for your turn to moto gp out of the red light, just make sure that you are behind that weird zebra crossing look-a-like marking on the road, coz if you are past that, there's a Rs.100 fine, have paid that few days back at teen haath naka, where the so called line was not visible at all!

[aargee]

Originally Posted by pushprajpradhan

just make sure that you are behind that weird zebra crossing look-a-like marking on the road

Per law, you've stop before the stop line that appears even before the Zebra line (its not weirdo; its to catch the attention of even the dumbest motorist have to yield to pedestrians there)

If the stop line is not marked or invisible, then what you said is applicable, but again, its better to stop atleast 2-3 feet before Zebra line because, the stop line is usually marked 5 feet before the Zebra line.

[smartjais]

Originally Posted by Parth

First of all, very informative thread. Many a times people get harassed by traffic cops as the cops says that your challan will come out to 1500 or so and then the poor citizen decides to bribe the cop to get out of the situation easily. When actually, the challan would have amounted to just a 100- 300 bucks and that money should have gone to the govt. instead it went in the cops pocket.

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We all have done that sometime or the other. Now that we know the rules and the fines ... we ill be able to deal with the problem a lot better... No more bribing!! If there is a offence let the money go to the Govt. not these clowns pockets...Thank you very much for providing this info ..