Speed Governors

Traffic signals in Delhi will soon have electronic signages indicating speed limits along with timer displays for smooth and effective traffic management as Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Thursday directed officials to install these devices at all traffic intersections across the city.

The new regulation brings down the cost of the speed limit device certificates by a healthy margin.

New York state was to run out of coronavirus vaccines on Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, increasing pressure on President Joe Biden's administration to speed up deliveries.

The Delhi government has recommended that the mercy plea filed by one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case should be rejected, and a communication over its decision has been sent to the Lieutenant Governor at "lightning speed", Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said.

Taking a serious view of defective speed breakers on roads, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi on Wednesday appealed to the people to dial a toll-free number 1031 and inform the government about ill-maintained structures anywhere in Puducherry.

The condition of roads in Mumbai is such that no person would be able to drive his/her vehicle above the 80 kmph speed limit, the Bombay High Court observed while hearing a petition for strict implementation of speed governor norms.

Cyclone Fani, one of the strongest storms to batter the subcontinent in 20 years, uprooted trees and triggered rain as it entered West Bengal this morning, a day after it made landfall in Odisha, where eight people died. Parts of Kolkata and the suburbs also received moderate to heavy rain since Friday afternoon. The cyclone then moved towards Bang...

A Turkish high speed train collided with another locomotive and crashed into an overpass at a train station in Ankara on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 43, the local governor said.

Taking a U-turn, the central government will be abolishing the mandatory requirement of speed governors for commercial vehicles, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. The minister for Road Transport and Highway (MoRTH) was speaking at the 2018 SIAM Annual convention today. Speed governors were first mandated for all commercial vehicles in May last yea...

In a suspected case of road rage, a speeding car hit a policeman and dragged him for about a kilometer in the heart of Delhi, near the police headquarters on Sunday. Constable Prahlad was badly injured while trying to stop the speeding car, which jumped the red light just before the Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's convoy was about to pass.

The Delhi government has notified fitting of speed governors in commercial transport vehicles, including light passenger vehicles, registered prior to October 1, 2015, limiting the maximum speed to 80 kmph.

Kerala Governor P Sathasivam has asked his office to remit the requisite fine for violation of speed limit by his official vehicle two months ago, setting an example and exercising a sobering effect on the 'high- profile' violaters of the traffic rule.

The strike by tourist taxis in Goa ended today after Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar assured taxi operators that they would get more time to install speed governors in their vehicles.

Taxi operators in Goa will observe a strike on January 19 with unions claiming it has been called to protest the installation of speed governors in their vehicles as well as harassment by police and transport authorities.

The Delhi government's transport department has put on hold its decision of making speed governors mandatory for cabs operating in the national capital. Last week, the department had made installation of speed governors in taxis and cabs mandatory following the Union Road Transport Ministry's recent notification.

Traffic signals in Delhi will soon have electronic signages indicating speed limits along with timer displays for smooth and effective traffic management as Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Thursday directed officials to install these devices at all traffic intersections across the city.

The new regulation brings down the cost of the speed limit device certificates by a healthy margin.

New York state was to run out of coronavirus vaccines on Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, increasing pressure on President Joe Biden's administration to speed up deliveries.

The Delhi government has recommended that the mercy plea filed by one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case should be rejected, and a communication over its decision has been sent to the Lieutenant Governor at "lightning speed", Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said.

Taking a serious view of defective speed breakers on roads, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi on Wednesday appealed to the people to dial a toll-free number 1031 and inform the government about ill-maintained structures anywhere in Puducherry.

The condition of roads in Mumbai is such that no person would be able to drive his/her vehicle above the 80 kmph speed limit, the Bombay High Court observed while hearing a petition for strict implementation of speed governor norms.

Cyclone Fani, one of the strongest storms to batter the subcontinent in 20 years, uprooted trees and triggered rain as it entered West Bengal this morning, a day after it made landfall in Odisha, where eight people died. Parts of Kolkata and the suburbs also received moderate to heavy rain since Friday afternoon. The cyclone then moved towards Bang...

A Turkish high speed train collided with another locomotive and crashed into an overpass at a train station in Ankara on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 43, the local governor said.

Taking a U-turn, the central government will be abolishing the mandatory requirement of speed governors for commercial vehicles, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. The minister for Road Transport and Highway (MoRTH) was speaking at the 2018 SIAM Annual convention today. Speed governors were first mandated for all commercial vehicles in May last yea...

In a suspected case of road rage, a speeding car hit a policeman and dragged him for about a kilometer in the heart of Delhi, near the police headquarters on Sunday. Constable Prahlad was badly injured while trying to stop the speeding car, which jumped the red light just before the Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's convoy was about to pass.

The Delhi government has notified fitting of speed governors in commercial transport vehicles, including light passenger vehicles, registered prior to October 1, 2015, limiting the maximum speed to 80 kmph.

Kerala Governor P Sathasivam has asked his office to remit the requisite fine for violation of speed limit by his official vehicle two months ago, setting an example and exercising a sobering effect on the 'high- profile' violaters of the traffic rule.

The strike by tourist taxis in Goa ended today after Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar assured taxi operators that they would get more time to install speed governors in their vehicles.

Taxi operators in Goa will observe a strike on January 19 with unions claiming it has been called to protest the installation of speed governors in their vehicles as well as harassment by police and transport authorities.

The Delhi government's transport department has put on hold its decision of making speed governors mandatory for cabs operating in the national capital. Last week, the department had made installation of speed governors in taxis and cabs mandatory following the Union Road Transport Ministry's recent notification.