Under-age drivers give road users a harrowing time
The Hindu
Many constraints in bringing offenders to book, says official
Close on the heels of the death of a 16-year-old motorbike rider at TVS Junction, Kalamassery, recently after he reportedly jumped the signal and rammed a car coming from the opposite direction, the enforcement wing (Ernakulam) of the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) was in for a surprise soon, as they intercepted a 13-year-old boy, who was driving a motorbike, at Muvattupuzha.
On being questioned, it turned out that he had ventured out to purchase ice cream. In yet another incident, an MVD patrol team nabbed a 17-year-old from Kalamassery recently for under-age driving. He was riding his uncle’s scooter, and claimed he was on his way to purchase milk. The parents of the accident victim were under the impression that he was sleeping in the upper floor of their house, when they were contacted over the phone to inform them of his death.
The teenagers, who were intercepted by MVD personnel as part of Operation Juvenile recently, will, in all probability, have to wait till they attain 25 years to obtain driving licence.