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With the expanding interest implicit the increasing fig of underage riders successful Kanniyakumari district, the constabulary person intensified enforcement measures to curb underage driving to guarantee roadworthy safety.
The rash driving habits, particularly among the minors, person led to respective fatal accidents of some drivers and pedestrians. This has raised superior nationalist concern. In the past fewer months, aggregate fatal roadworthy accidents person been reported crossed the district, galore involving underage riders and assemblage students, motorists said.
To code the issue, the territory constabulary person tightened the enforcement and registered implicit 50 cases successful the past period against parents, whose children were caught for underage driving.
Sankavi, a nonmigratory of Thengamputhoor welcomed the inaugural saying strict enactment would assistance parents go much cautious. “Many children thrust two-wheelers without their parents’ knowledge. They comparison themselves with incorrect influences and importune connected getting bikes for tuition classes and different purposes, without realising the hazard involved,” she said.
She further stressed that specified measures should beryllium continued consistently to curb underage driving effectively.
Speaking to The Hindu, R. Stalin, Superintendent of Police, Kanniyakumari said that insignificant driving cases person reduced considerably successful the district, particularly among the schoolhouse children. He added that intensified monitoring has been carried retired successful areas specified arsenic Colachel, Mandaikadu and Manavalakurichi, wherever the movements are comparatively higher. “During the aforesaid play past year, 34 fatal accidents were recorded, including those involving insignificant riders. This twelvemonth it has dropped to 16, with nary minors among the victims,” helium noted.
“In addition, we person besides established “Road Safety Clubs” successful schools and colleges, to make consciousness connected roadworthy information among students. Through these clubs, students are educated connected postulation rules and information measures. Student volunteers besides assistance postulation constabulary during schoolhouse hours to assistance the students transverse roads safely adjacent schools,” helium added.
