Cabinet Decision taken on 23th of May 2022 (2)
1. Making roads safer ------- Approval to notification of speed limits for various road categories as per Rule 95 of Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 2003 to regulate vehicle speed and minimise risk of accident. Benefits -- i) Bring uniformity in speed limits of different vehicles on different roads ii) Lower risk of accidents due to over-speeding. iii) Make it easier for commuters to ply their vehicles. iv) Enable enforcement departments like Transport and Police to carry out enforcement against over speeding in a uniform manner

Maximum speed on National Highways (NH) and State Highways (SH) --------------- Class of motor vehicles => Non-transport motor vehicle (Carrying not more than 8 Persons) , 4-lane roads = 100 km/hours , Other NH & SH = 70 km/hours , Roads within municipal limits = 60 km/hours , Class of motor vehicles => Transport motor vehicles (Carrying not more than 8 passengers) , 4-lane roads = 80 km/hours, Other NH & SH =70 km/hours , Roads within municipal limits = 60 km/hours Class of motor vehicles => Motor vehicles (carrying 9 or more passengers) , 4-lane roads = 80 km/hours, Other NH & SH =70 km/hours , Roads within municipal limits = 60 km/hours , Class of motor vehicles => Vehicles Carrying goods , 4-lane roads = 70 km/hours, Other NH & SH =60 km/hours , Roads within municipal limits = 40 km/hours , Class of motor vehicles => Motorcycles , 4-lane roads = 80 km/hours, Other NH & SH =60 km/hours , Roads within municipal limits = 50 km/hours , Class of motor vehicles => 3-wheeled vehicles , 4-lane roads = 50 km/hours, Other NH & SH =50 km/hours , Roads within municipal limits = 40 km/hours .

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