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New Delhi: "Morning assembly, parent-teacher meets (PTMs) and meetings of School Management Committees (SMCs) should be used for creating awareness among students and their parents against underage driving," revealed the letter wrote by Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) to Directorate of Education, Delhi government. "Considering the increasing number of incidents of underage driving, the preservation of rights of the children is growing difficult by the day. Not only the fellow pedestrians and other users of the road are subjected to danger but also the child driving suffers adverse consequences. According to DCPCR letter, they are not aware of the safety measures that they should take while driving. "In the case of the child has been caught driving without any authority, his parents are held responsible..