Mumbai: Most kaali-peeli taxis don't have seatbelt, experts raise concern

Updated On: 08 September, 2022 08:41 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar

Mumbai’s black ’n’ yellow cabs do not have rear seatbelts; experts weigh in post clarion call for all to buckle up

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Deepak Kapadia, former president, WIAA, says the cabbie can ensure the front seat passenger is strapped in at least

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has sounded the bugle on buckle up rules. He announced recently that fines will be levied on passengers not wearing seatbelts in the rear seats of vehicles. The Gadkari roar is in the light of the accident where top industrialist Cyrus Mistry lost his life, along with friend Jehangir Pundole. Both were seated in the rear of a car, not wearing seatbelts, apparently being driven at high speed and perished as it eventually crashed.

Belt missing

While unfortunately, it took a crash of ‘high-profile’ passengers to serve as a wake-up call to belt up even at the back, Mumbai taxi commuters, those that flag down the ‘ol faithful kaali-peeli have a problem. Most of these, nearly all of these cabs in fact, do not have rear seatbelts. This is also true of many aggregator vehicles. This is because the cabs need to have the capacity to accommodate three passengers at the back. Usually, the seatbelts are removed or if they are there, they are hanging at the sides, the buckle at the other end is missing, rendering them useless. This is also because the buckle tends to hurt the passenger in the middle, explain some drivers.

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