There has been little compliance and poor enforcement of the rear seat belt law. People tend to cold-shoulder it, while police are happy nailing only the drivers. But buckling up is important for all passengers and there are ways to implement the rule.
In the aftermath of the road accident that killed former Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry, the government has made seatbelts mandatory for all passengers sitting in cars.
Those sitting in the back of a car and not wearing a seatbelt will be fined soon, announced Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday, two days after Cyrus Mistry died in a car crash near Mumbai.