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MVA, 1988
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MVAChapter VIIISection 126
Section126

Stationary vehicles

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Summary

Do not leave a motor vehicle standing in a public place unless a person duly licensed to drive is seated at the driver’s seat. If no one is at the wheel, stop the engine and apply the brakes or take other effective steps so the vehicle cannot accidentally move. Leaving it unsecured means the vehicle is treated as unlawfully unattended and you can be held responsible for any accidental movement or harm.

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Priya parks her car outside a shop and leaves with no one in the driver’s seat. She must either keep a licensed person in the seat or stop the engine and apply the brakes so the car cannot move accidentally; otherwise she would be responsible if it rolls or causes damage.

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No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall cause or allow the vehicle to remain stationary in any public place, unless there is in the driver’s seat a person duly licensed to drive the vehicle or unless the mechanism has been stopped and a brake or brakes applied or such other measures taken as to ensure that the vehicle cannot accidentally be put in motion in the absence of the driver.

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VIII

Chapter VIII

Control of Traffic

In this chapter

  • 112Limits of speed
  • 113Limits of weight and limitations on use
  • 114Power to have vehicle weighed
  • 115Power to restrict the use of vehicles
  • 116Power to erect traffic signs
  • 117Parking places and halting stations
  • 118Driving regulations
  • 119Duty to obey traffic signs
  • 120Vehicles with left hand control
  • 121Signals and signalling devices
  • 122Leaving vehicle in dangerous position
  • 123Riding on running board, etc
  • 124Prohibition against travelling without pass or ticket
  • 125Obstruction of driver
  • 126Stationary vehicles
  • 127Removal of motor vehicles abandoned or left unattended on a public place
  • 128Safety measures for drivers and pillion riders
  • 129Wearing of protective headgear
  • 130Duty to produce license and certificate of registration
  • 131Duty of the driver to take certain precautions at unguarded railway level crossings
  • 132Duty of driver to stop in certain cases
  • 133Duty of owner of motor vehicle to give information
  • 134Duty of driver in case of accident and injury to a person
  • 135Schemes to be framed for the investigation of accident cases and wayside amenities, etc
  • 136Inspection of vehicle involved in accident
  • 137Power of Central Government to make rules
  • 138Power of State Government to make rules
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