Traffic cops to give college students traffic lessons

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Mumbai traffic cops will soon take over the role of professors in colleges to teach traffic rules and regulations.



After the dip in number of drink driving cases in Mumbai, traffic police now aims to bring down the number of drunken drivers between the age group of 18-25. The police say that most of the drink-driving offenders are in that category.

"The offenders of most of the rash driving and drink driving cases are youngsters in the age group of 18-26. So we have decided to conduct lectures for college students in the coming academic year 2010-2011. We plan to present examples of a few drink-driving cases and fatal accidents. The aim is to make the youth more responsible," said Nandkumar Chaugule, DCP Traffic (City).

He added, "Many of these youngsters get a car or a two-wheeler soon after they graduate, but don't drive responsibly."

However, the good news is that the figure of drink and driving cases in the age group of 18-25 has come down in 2009 compared to 2008. "We had caught 118 offenders in the age group of 18-20 in 2008, while in 2009, we caught only 42 people. Now the aim is to bring this figure to nil and set an example for other age groups," concluded Chaugule.