Now legal action will be taken against the parents of minor children if they drive a vehicle. Apart from this, their parents will be sent to jail and fined for allowing or encouraging minor children to drive.
In this regard, the Transport and Road Safety Department has written a letter to all the District Collectors, Police Commissioners, IGs, and Superintendents of Police.
The Transport and Road Safety Department has taken this step to prevent increasing road accidents across the state. In view of the increasing percentage of youth losing their lives in road accidents, the Transport and Road Safety Department has taken a strict decision. According to the Transport and Road Safety Department, a special campaign will also be launched to prevent minor children from driving vehicles.
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Parents will be held responsible if children drive vehicles
. Most of the children who die in road accidents are under the age of 18. As per the rules, action will be taken by the concerned police and transport department against the parents and guardians who allow or encourage minor children to drive. According to this order, any parent will be held responsible if a child under the age of 18 is caught driving a vehicle.
3 years jail or 25 thousand rupees fine will be imposed.
Apart from this, the vehicle’s registration certificate will also be cancelled for one year. In such a situation, the minor will be able to get his driving license only after 25 years. Under the provisions of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act-2019, legal action will be taken against the parents of minor children for allowing them to drive or encouraging them to drive. Under this, a sentence of three years and a fine of 25 thousand rupees will be imposed.
