The number of road accidents across the country has been increasing significantly over the last several years. Many people also die suddenly in these road accidents. In which many children are also involved. A new proposal has been put forward by the Union Ministry to save children from premature death due to such road accidents. Most of the accidents in road accidents are due to over speed of the vehicle, one such reason has been drawn. In such a situation, taking an important decision, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has proposed to control the speed of the motorcycle going with a child up to 4 years. According to the proposal of the Ministry, the speed of a motorcycle traveling with children up to four years should not exceed 40 km.
Apart from this, a notification has also been issued by the ministry that the child between 9 months to 4 years sitting behind the vehicle will also have to wear crash helmet during the journey. According to the ministry, safety harnesses should be used to securely accommodate children below four years of age. By using which the safety of the child sitting behind will be well taken care of.Sefit harness is a device with the help of which the body of a child sitting behind the driver’s body is securely affixed to the body of the driver using a strip vest-like structure. Advisories have also been called by the Ministry in this regard.