Is a 16 year old allowed to drive in a public place: Know here
No learner’s licence or driving licence shall be issued to any person to drive a vehicle of the class to which he has made an application unless he is eligible to drive that class of vehicle
As per the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 no person under the age of eighteen years shall drive a motor vehicle in any public place. However, a motor cycle with engine capacity not exceeding 50cc and without gear may be driven in a public place by a person after attaining the age of 16 years.
The Chapter II of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 prescribes rules regarding ‘Licensing of Drivers of Motor Vehicles’. In this Chapter section 4 of the Act under the head ‘Age limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles’ prescribes about a person of which age can drive a which type of vehicle in a public place.
Section 4 of the Act reads as follows:
- Age limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles.—
(1) No person under the age of eighteen years shall drive a motor vehicle in any public place: Provided that 1 [a motor cycle with engine capacity not exceeding 50cc] out gear may be driven in a public place by a person after attaining the age of sixteen years.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 18, no person under the age of twenty years shall drive a transport vehicle in any public place.
(3) No learner’s licence or driving licence shall be issued to any person to drive a vehicle of the class to which he has made an application unless he is eligible to drive that class of vehicle under this section.
Ms Kalinga