Soon, we can ride on the city roads without carrying the hard copy of driving license and other documents such as registration and insurance papers.
The economics times has reported that road transport ministry has proposed allowing soft copies of driving license, registration and insurance papers as valid for verification purposes by the police.
In a bid to further ease the process of application of license or registration. Applicants will also have the freedom to apply for licence or registration with any of the regional transport offices (RTO) in a state and window for renewal of licence will be one year from date of expiry against the present norm of 30 days. This will avoid repeat of several formalities. But the holder of an expired license won’t be allowed to drive.
The ministry has also proposed making helmets mandatory for children over 4 years of age.
Last month, Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said that India’s Motor Vehicle Bill will be re-drafted within a month in line with advanced international practices to enhance road safety.
