General Traffic Violations
Under Indian Motor Vehicle Act 1988
We Should Avoid While Driving

1     Failing to furnish full particulars of the driver the registered owner of M.V
2     Permitting to drive without license
3     Driving or permitting to drive unregistered vehicle
4     Driving or permitting to drive a vehicle without certificate of fitness
5     Exceeding speed limit
6     Driving failing to produce either license or registration or fitness certificate
7     Failing to produce certificate of insurance
8     Overloading or permitting to overload a goods vehicle
9     Leaving vehicle in a manner likely to cause danger, obstruction or undue inconvenience to others
10     Carrying persons on footboard
11     Carrying persons or anything causing obstruction to the driver.
12     Leaving vehicle with idling engine
13     Carrying a child on petrol tank or carrying more than one person on motor cycle/scooter.
14     Drive or failing to stop when signaled by police in uniform.
15     To drive without valid license.
16     Driving or permitting to drive a motor – vehicle without being insured.
17     Driving recklessly or dangerously
18     Racing & Trails of speed between motor vehicles.
19     Failing to keep to the left of the road – Driving in the center of the road – Driving on the wrong side of the road
20     Overtaking from the left
21     Overtaking dangerously OR Cutting in to the flow of traffic
22     Failing to permit overtaking OR Obstructing overtaking
23     Failing to slow down at junction intersection or corner
24     Failing to give way to traffic on the right OR Failing to give way to traffic on main road
25     Failing to drive with caution on a road under repair / Failing to slow down while a procession is going on.
26     Failing to give a signal while turning.
27     Fixing or using Multi – toned horn OR Sounding horn in silence Zone OR Sounding horn unnecessarily
28     No silencer or muffler
29     Dangerous projection
30     No windscreen wiper
31     Defective tyres.
32     Smoky Exhaust
33     Carrying goods unsecured or dangerously
34     Driving on footpath.
35     Carrying goods more than 11ft high
36     Carrying load on tail board.
37     Reversing negligently
38     Driving without illuminating rear number plate.
39     Disobeying traffic signs – signals.
40     Disobeying manual traffic control signs.
41     Driving against one way street.
42     Failing to keep left of traffic island.
43     Carrying unwieldy articles without permit.
44     Taking ‘U’ turn during prohibited hours.
45     Loud speaker used on the vehicle on the road prohibited without permission of Comm. Of Police.
46     Disobeying reasonable directions of a police officer in uniform.
47     Causing obstruction to traffic
48     Straddling or crossing longitudinal white line
49     Straddling longitudinal broken white line.
50     Failing to comply with directional sign painted on road surface.
51     Failing to stop before transverse white line
52     Parking on pedestrian crossing
53     Parking on footpath. Motor Vehicles Act, 1939.

(118 – A Punishment for offences relating to accident.) Whoever fails to comply with the provisions of CI. ( c ) of subsection (1) of sec 87 or of Sec. 88 or Sec. 89 shall be punishable with imprisonment or a term which may extend to three months. Or with fine which may extend to Rs. 500/- , or with both or, if having been previously convicted of an offence under this section he is again convicted of an offence under this section, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with in which may extend to Rs. 1000/-, or with both.)