How many passengers are allowed in a private car in India? In this modern India, where everyone is focusing on speed, performance, and cost-effectiveness at the same time it is very important to understand the basic rules for the same.
In this particular article, we are going to have a deep dive into rules and many of your doubts about this topic.
Firstly, we will go through the rules and then we will continue with the main topic of today’s discussion which is How many passengers are allowed in a private car specifically in India.
As we all know that India is huge if we consider the population of our country. Same way, it is very obvious that with this huge population India is one of the best markets for different industries, especially automobile industries.
As far as the safety of people is concerned, rules and regulations have really an important role. Taking these all into consideration government has made different rules and regulations for the same which are specifically designed for the safety purpose of drivers.
Let’s discuss a burning question of yours that is :-
How many passengers are allowed in a private car in India?
As per the Motor vehicle act, we can understand that a car or a van can carry the only number of passengers that is mentioned in the certificate of registration.
Let us understand this via an easy and simple example of this. Suppose in your car certificate of registration there mention that owner or driver can carry four passengers at a time, then that is it. you are not allowed to carry more than four passengers legally.
If we address the same question with another view, then we can say you are allowed to carry the same number of passengers which matches the number of seatbelts available in the car.
For example, if you have a Mahindra Thar having a four-seater capability and has the same number of seatbelts in it. so you can carry four passengers at a time in your Mahindra Thar legally.
In India, especially if we talk about following rules and regulations, you know very well how it is working at the ground level.
Yes, there is so much difference between making rules and following them at the ground level. In India, if there is one more passenger being carried by the private car owner then it is not a big issue.
In most cases, no one interrupts you. But it is advisable that you are not supposed to carry more passengers than allowed as per the guidelines.
Let’s get into how these different rules apply to the different types of cars differentiated by the number of available seats in them.
How many passengers are allowed in a private car having a capacity of 4+1 seating in India?
Let’s take an example of cars which is having 4+1 seating capacity.
Below are the cars:
- Maruti Alto
- Maruti Suzuki S Presso
- Volvo XC90
- Mahindra Thar
These cars provide you with the functionality of a 4+1 seating arrangement. As we have discussed above, one is allowed to have four passengers only at a time excluding the driver of course in India.
How many passengers are allowed in a private car having a capacity of 5+1 seating in India?
Let’s take an example of cars which is having 5+1 seating capacity.
Below are the cars:
- Maruti Suzuki Eeco
- Hyundai Creta
- Tata Nexon
- Hyundai Venue
These cars provide you with the functionality of a 5+1 seating arrangement. As we have discussed above, one is allowed to have five passengers only at a time excluding the driver of course in India.
How many passengers are allowed in a private car having a capacity of 6+1 seating in India?
Let’s take an example of cars which is having 6+1 seating capacity.
Below are the cars:
- Mahindra Scorpio-N
- Tata Safari
- Land Rover Defender
These cars provide you with the functionality of a 6+1 seating arrangement. As we have discussed above, one is allowed to have six passengers only at a time excluding the driver if we especially talk about India.
Till now we have seen about the different cars based on the different seating capacities of the cars. Let’s go for the other important questions which may confuse you.
If 5 persons are seated in a 4-seater car is it a violation of the rule?
You might have gotten a clear idea about the points of the rules and regulations. Yes, it is a violation of the rule because you know it is a 4-seater car and for the same, you are not allowed to carry more than 4 passengers. As a result, the traffic police might fine you with challan, but the ground reality is something different. Most of the time you might not be fine with challan in India.
What is overloading and how much is fine for the overloading?
We can consider Overloading to carry such amount of goods which is not allowed. In the same way, we can understand passenger overloading in the car. Passenger overloading is something to carrying more passengers than allowed by the Motor vehicle act.
What are the consequences of vehicle overloading and passenger overloading?
If we look at the consequences of vehicle overloading then one suppose to pay a maximum of 20,000rs or 2,000rs per extra tonne.
In the same way, if you are involved in the passenger overloading case, then you are supposed to get a fine of 1,000rs per extra passenger.
here is one serious question:
Is it illegal to overload passengers on top of the car?
Yes, of course, the overloading of a passenger in a car itself is a broken rule then if you are overloading a passenger on top of the car then it is a serious thing to have a look at.
If you get caught in the same situation, you are supposed to get a fine of 1,000rs for the first time. If you repeat the same mistake and get caught you will get 2,000 and for the next time add 1,000rs more to your calculations.
Hope you understand the rules and are now able to make the decision to abide by the rule and now you are also aware of the consequences of not following the rules. here we are ending our discussion of this topic. we will meet in the next article with a more valuable and exciting topic.
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