The Centre has made it clear that it was "not prudent" to allow a third person to travel on a two-wheeler as the same was prohibited under the law and motorcycles or scooters were universally designed to carry only two people.
This was Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari's response to a plea by CPI(M) MP Elamaram Kareem requesting that children upto to the age of 10 years be allowed to travel as a third person on two-wheelers on following necessary safety measures, like wearing helmets.
Denying the request, Mr. Gadkari in a letter dated May 31 has said, — under the Central Motor Vehicles Act 1988, no driver of a two-wheeler can carry more than one person.
