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New Delhi: Cars manufactured after July 1, 2019, must be equipped with all advanced security features after the proposed timeline for implementation was approved by the Union Road Transport Ministry.

As per the proposal, all the cars manufactured after the aforementioned date need to be equipped with airbags, seat-belt reminders, speed alert systems, reverse parking lights, reports The Times of India.

It must be noted that at present only luxury vehicles equipped with such features, in view of preventing mishaps on the road. Union Transport Minister approved the augmented safety features to prevent road accidents, which claim thousands of lives each year.

Data furnished in the TOI report showed that in 2016, speeding accounted for nearly 74,000 of the 1.51 lakh deaths in road accidents.

“The new cars will be fitted with a system that issues audio alerts when the speed crosses 80kmph. The alert will be sharper when the vehicle crosses 100kmph, and non-stop when it's over 120kmph," confirmed a transport ministry official to TOI.

"To reduce the possibility of accidents while parking in reverse gear, the provision of reverse parking alert is being introduced. When the car is put in reverse gear, the feature will give an indication to the driver whether there are objects in the rear monitoring range," added the official.

The sources have also confirmed that the enforcement of the aforementioned plans would make way for quicker implementation of frontal and side crash tests for vehicles, thus improving safety features.

Some transport ministry sources have pointed out that the airbags and reverse sensors would also be made mandatory for light commercial vehicles that are mostly found in urban areas.