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Mumbai: Transport chief did not know his car had a rear seatbelt
Updated On: 07 February, 2019 10:37 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Transport Commissioner Shekhar Channe admits to not knowing, until recently, rules that make wearing rear seatbelt mandatory; also discussed the helmet rules at workshop on road safety

The workshop was held in co-ordination with the NGO Radhee, officials of the Maharashtra Transport Department, highway police and the Public Works Department, at the Mumbai Press Club
Did you know your car might have a rear seat belt, and a passenger should mandatorily wear it? Maharashtra Transport Commissioner Shekhar Channe admitted that he thought his official vehicle did not have a rear seat belt till recently, and he was himself unaware about a rule on wearing it, till he took charge of the post.
"My driver too was confused, but then he found it buried deep under the seats. I now use it every time I am in the rear seat. There is a need to be more aware about such little known but important rules," Channe told mid-day.
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