The government will soon make rear view sensors or backup cameras mandatory in all new vehicles to avoid mishaps.Apart from rear view sensors and speed warning, air bags will also become mandatory in all vehicles soon, he said adding, from October 1, 2018 vehicles will have to go in for automated inspection and fitness certification test with hardly any human intervention. Even though cars come equipped with rear view mirrors which are adequate for looking at vehicles behind, they are inadequate in detecting small children or objects close to the ground, falling in car’s blind spot.Addressing the curtain raiser event for World Roads Meet organised by International Road Federation, he said more than 50,000 fatal accidents take place in the country due to over speeding and hence the government is planning to make audio warnings also mandatory in vehicles. At the speed of 80 km/hr small beep sound warning will come and after the speed of 90 km/hr a continuous beep will alert the speeding driver," Mr Damle said.He said the government has already made it compulsory for all two-wheelers, which account for the highest share of accidents, to either have the anti-lock braking system or the combined braking system by April 2019.To rectify this, "the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) will soon issue a notification to make rear view sensors mandatory in all vehicles", joint secretary of the ministry Abhay Damle said.

The government will soon make rear view sensors or backup cameras mandatory in all new vehicles to avoid mishaps."The government is A2 FLAT HEAD INNER-HEX BODY CLOSE END BLIND RIVET NUTS also planning to make audio warning mandatory in vehicles on similar lines of seat belt wearing sign.Similarly, the driving license test will also become automated by that time and will help reduce road accidents, Mr Damle added

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