Section 288 in The West Bengal Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989
288. Restriction on driving with gear disengaged.
- Within the limits of the district of Darjeeling except the Siliguri sub-division and elsewhere on any hill marked by traffic sign No. 10 of Part B of the Schedule to the Act, no person shall drive a transport vehicle with the engine free, that is to say, with the gear lever in neutral, the clutch lever depressed or with any free wheel or other device in operation which frees the engine from the driving wheel and prevents the engine from acting as a brake when the vehicle is travelling down an incline.
