As if the raging Blueline buses weren’t enough, some Delhi kids have taken the traffic violations to new levels, a disturbing trend to say the least. The city witnessed some serious accidents recently involving kids driving vehicles. Traffic police statistics reveal that there have been 2,856 traffic violations in Delhi by children so far this year. A teenager trying to learn driving on his father’s car ran over a five-year-old last Wednesday, resulting in the death of the child, whereas a 13-year-old died while riding a bike on Tuesday. In another incident, a woman and her nephew were killed in an accident involving an SUV that had a 12-year-old behind the steering wheel.

The Delhi Traffic Police is taking this trend seriously and has decided to write to the principals of the city’s schools to curb this growing menace. The police higher ups believe that schools and teachers can play a major part in increasing awareness about the need to adhere to traffic rules among their students. Some of the schools already have a system in place, for example the Springdales School authorities recount an incident that took place 15 years ago when a kid drove a vehicle to school and the matter was promptly reported to the police.

Some other schools follow the practice of first informing the parents, not the police, who are asked to come to the school to take the vehicle away. Most of the schools primarily believe that parents can easily check these incidents if they are a bit more careful and strict with their children. The Traffic Police authorities have booked the parents also in the past for abetment of the crime, arguing that the kids should not be given the vehicle’s keys in the first place.