Road safety law effective from Nov 01

The much-awaited and -discussed road safety law is going to be effective from November 01, reports bdnews24.com.

The Road Transport and Highways Division announced the date in a gazette notification on Wednesday.

The government earlier issued a gazette on the 'Road Transport Act 2018' on Oct 8 last year, but it did not come into effect.

The government passed the law by toughening punishment of drivers involved in road crashes following unprecedented student protests for justice for two college students' death in an accident last year.

The Act stipulates that whoever causes the death of any person by rash or negligent driving of any vehicle or riding on any public way not amounting to culpable homicide shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with up to Tk 500,000 fines, or with both, no matter what the Penal Code says about such cases.