Not prudent to allow more than 2 persons on two-wheelers, says Centre

The Centre has made it clear that it was "not prudent" to allow a third person to travel on a two-wheeler as the same was prohibited under the law and motorcycles or scooters were universally designed to carry only two people.

This was Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari's response to a plea by CPI(M) MP Elamaram Kareem requesting that children upto to the age of 10 years be allowed to travel as a third person on two-wheelers on following necessary safety measures, like wearing helmets.

Denying the request, Gadkari in a letter dated May 31 has said, "...under the Central Motor Vehicles Act 1988, no driver of a two-wheeler can carry more than one person.

"Therefore, from the safety angle of riders, it would not be prudent to allow more than one person in addition to the driver to be carried thereon."

The Union Minister also said that every two-wheeler "is universally designed and constructed to carry one person in addition to the driver."

This response comes even as the ruling L