PANAJI
SP Traffic S M Prabhudesai has directed all traffic enforcement officers to strictly enforce the ban on the use of non-ISI helmets by two-wheeler riders.
"During the course of enforcement, if any two-wheeler rider is found to be using a non-ISI helmet, it may be treated as riding without Helmet,” states a note issued by the SP Traffic on April 19.
The use of substandard helmets does not offer adequate head protection in the event of a motor vehicle accident.
As enforcement agencies were reluctant to implement the ban on the use of unsafe, non-ISI mark headgear, K G Vilop, a citizen from Bhatlem-Panaji, had written to the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways demanding implementation of the ban on the use of unsafe helmets.
Taking cognisance of the two emails written in March and April to the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, the SP traffic issued directions to all enforcement agencies to strictly implement the law regarding the ban on the use of non-ISI mark helmets.
