Anti Lock Braking System(ABS) to be compulsory for all commercial vehicles.

In an attempt to make highways safer, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has decided to make anti-lock braking system or ABS mandatory for all new commercial vehicles hitting the road from 2014.

"A notification will be issued by us in two months time and the norms will be made mandatory in a year from then. However, this rule will not apply for the vehicles already plying on the roads," said a senior road transport ministry official.

A great move, I must say. Will surely help in bringing down the number of accidents.
Let's just hope the quality of ABS on these vehicles.

*Sorry for the adfly link. Standard link here.

Great move by our so called government. This Will surely reduce number of accidents.

shreymittal said:
This Will surely reduce number of accidents.

May be!
'Safety Last' greatly applicable for this county.

A RULE LIKE this should also be applicable on LMV (LIGHT MOTOR VEHICLES)

THANKS RANDOMUSER

shreymittal said:
A RULE LIKE this should also be applicable on LCV (LIGHT COMMUNITY VEHICLES)

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Hell its LMV my mistake.
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shreymittal said:
A RULE LIKE this should also be applicable on LMV (LIGHT MOTOR VEHICLES)

THANKS RANDOMUSER

We don't need more rules, we need common sense in people behind the wheels.

we need both..

I drive safe

No No, LCV is also correct but it's Light Commercial Vehicle, not Community

I thought u intentionally wrote community lol

With the coming up of Expressway almost all over India ABS and Airbags should be mandatory feature along with seatbelts.

Really appreciate the decision of Road ministry .

Yeah i got that. when i checked it on my DL.

get ready for a 15-20k price hike on every 4 wheeler.

Its desperately needed in India..I say make safety systems like airbags and ABS compulsory in India...it will increase the cost but i guess your life is more important than money...if you can afford to pay 4 lakhs on a car or so..surely you can afford to pay another 30-50k or so on safety systems...

@noas its now only applicable on trucks i.e; HCV.

They should specify what kind of ABS is the minimum standard that has to be implemented. Not all kinds are equally good.

Another thing is that permanent roads and ABS go hand-in-hand. On dirt/sand and other non-permanent roads, ABS actually increases the braking distance because the wheels continue to roll. So I would expect highway development to be boosted to complement this decision.

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Good move!

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Extreme Gamer said:
They should specify what kind of ABS is the minimum standard that has to be implemented. Not all kinds are equally good.

Another thing is that permanent roads and ABS go hand-in-hand. On dirt/sand and other non-permanent roads, ABS actually increases the braking distance because the wheels continue to roll. So I would expect highway development to be boosted to complement this decision.

+1
ABS on dirt roads and even cement roads for the matter will increase the risk rather than decreasing...
Its seem the law was passed to help the ABS manufacturers... just like the compulsary helmet law..
The law is no longer implented as the Helmet manufacturers had their fill...

Bhargav Simha said:
Its seem the law was passed to help the ABS manufacturers... just like the compulsary helmet law..
The law is no longer implented as the Helmet manufacturers had their fill...

What?

Bhargav Simha said:
The law is no longer implented as the Helmet manufacturers had their fill...

ಠ_ಠ .

Okay this is great news. But we indians always find a way around the laws. I think this law will fall victim to that too.