The traffic police are counselling students against drunken driving, with most of those convicted in such incidents being motorists in their twenties. The police have started seminars and talks in colleges around the city.
Convictions have increased over the years, from 2,623 simple imprisonment sentences in 2007 to 8,448 in 2008 and 10,097 in 2009.
“We have seen that youths in the age group 21-25 form the second largest group, after those in the bracket 31-35. We decided to start holding seminars in postgraduate colleges so that our officers could directly interact with students about the dangers of drunken driving,” an officer said.
DCP (Traffic) Nandkumar Chaugule said, “We have prepared PowerPoint slides explaining the laws relating to drunk driving, the permissible limits of alcohol consumption while driving, and the punishment and fines... We also have slides about punishments for drunken driving in other countries for a comparative analysis... We have included photographs of vehicles in drunken driving accidents so that students realise the consequences and take the issue more seriously.”
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