Bareilly: In a crackdown on minors below 18 years of age riding two-wheelers, Bareilly traffic police has issued challans to 44 minors on Friday. The challans were issued on the spot. To check this rampant traffic violation, traffic personnel was deployed at prominent city junctions and outside schools and coaching centres to nab the violators. Traffic officials said that the drive against underage driving will continue in the coming days.Speaking to TOI, superintendent of police (traffic) Kamlesh Bahadur said, “We have been launching several enforcement drives in the city. Besides, we have been holding several awareness programmes in schools and colleges to make students aware of the traffic rules and regulations and the consequences of violating the norms. Several drives against traffic indiscipline by school children had been launched in the past as well but the violation of traffic rules is rampant among minors.”SP traffic added, “The blame lies with the parents as they handover vehicles to their minor children. Besides school authorities also play a major role as they have not been putting a complete ban on this dangerous practice. The educational institutions must check children below the age of 18 years driving two-wheelers and ensure that they are not putting a risk to their safety.”During the enforcement, the maximum number of under-aged caught riding two-wheelers were found to be in school uniforms and were nabbed outside schools and coaching centres. 44 challans were issued to the minors on the spot. The violators were warned of not repeating the offence and that their vehicles will be seized if caught the next time, said officials of the traffic police department.Earlier this month, as many as 76 school vehicles including auto-rickshaws, minivans, tempos and buses, ferrying children were challaned for flouting various traffic rules and regulations during a joint crackdown by the traffic department and the regional transport office (RTO) officials. Besides, three school buses ferrying children were found to be more than 15 years old and hence were impounded.

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