Riding a non Goan registered bike in Goa?? Well how safe it is? What we need to do to transfer ones bike from their home town to Goa? How easy is it to ride a non Goan registered bike in Goa??
This post is for all those who wish to study/work or stay in Goa and plan to bring their bike or cars form their home town.
Goa being a favourite holiday and toursit destination Riding a non Goan registered bike/car in Goa is not much of hassle. however it woould be advisable for one to take some pre-cautions while riding or driving in Goa.
Well this article should help one answer a few questions:
1) Firstly as per RTO rules one has to get a NOC certificate from their hometown RTO office so that he/she could register his/here bike/scooter in Goa. The NOC certificate is valid for 6 months and one has to register before it gets expired. Roughly one has to pay around Rs. 3000 – Rs. 5000 for registering the bike/Scooter in Goa.
2) Incase one is coming for a short duration of 1-2 years then it is not compulsary to register ones bike in Goa and one continue riding with all valid documenst and papers- Licence, Registration papers, Insurance, and PUC. Its also always helpful to some ID card.
3) It is compulsary to wear helmets for the rider of the two wheeler and use the seat blet while driving on the high way.
Keep tuning this space to get more info as we are going update as an when get more and more info.
Nice information for those getting into Goa!!
Well its safe to ride in Goa with a different state’s registration! Well how is safety related to registration number plates anyways!! 😀 Its a matter of how a person acclimatised to the driving conditions in Goa!!
Well i guess what is meant by Safe here is of avoiding the local police mama round the corner!! Well its not really a hassle in Goa. Since its a tourist destination its quite a normal thing!! Especially during the season!! But a thing about the Goan RTO is that it is 1 of the best in the country!! It is completely easy and fast to get any work done at the office!! So 1 need not loose sleep over any RTO office work!! When i applied for a NOC from the Goan office, they were very helpful and at no extra cost it was done within 2 days!
As far as the other safety stuff like helmets and seat-belts go, everybody everywhere should use them irrespective of any condition or factor!!
And guys!! be careful during the nights!! There are many many people who drive under influence. You may follow all rules and be well protected but you may just encounter the odd nut who’ll change your life!!
Keep goa clean and green!!
As far as GIM students are concerned, whenver we’ve got caught by Goa
RTO we were asked to show all the documents and our college identity
card. This proves that we are in Goa for educational purpose and hence
our stay would be temporary.
But the actual rule is if you are moving to another state for a long
duration ( more than 6 months) you have to re-register your vehicle in
the new state by producing the NOC from the previous original state.
Once you re-register your vehicle you can apply for refund of the
registration fees from the previous state which would be credited to
you after certain deduction(which depends on the age of the bike)
There is also a rule which states that if your vehicle is new(less
than a year old) you cannot re-register it in a new state.(pls conform
this from some RTO agent)