Watch Your Speed in Karnataka: New stricter speeding rules could send you to jail
Karnataka exceeding the speed of 130 kilometres per hour will face FIRs for rash and dangerous driving. Alok Kumar, Additional Director General of Police (Traffic and Road Safety), announced this measure to combat the high incidence of fatal accidents attributed to over-speeding in the state.
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Alok Kumar revealed that 90 per cent of fatal accidents in Karnataka are caused by over-speeding. On July 25, the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway saw 155 instances of vehicles exceeding 130 kmph. «From August 1, FIR will be registered against those driving vehicles above 130 kmph anywhere in Karnataka for rash and dangerous driving,» he stated.
Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)-281 for rash and negligent driving, any speed beyond 120 kmph is categorized as rash or dangerous driving. Alok Kumar highlighted a recent incident on the NICE road where three people lost their lives due to a vehicle traveling at 160 kmph. The Supreme Court monitoring committee on road safety observed this accident and urged the state government to take stringent measures against over-speeding.
«In the year 2022, 90 per cent (accident) deaths in Karnataka were attributed to high speed (over-speeding). Of late, the Supreme Court monitoring committee asked us to make effective enforcement with regard to this. In this direction, we came up with this (registration of FIR
