Beware! guardians, vehicle owners are being booked for allowing underaged children to ride bikes

On Monday last, Avaniyapuram police team found a minor boy riding a motorbike near Periyar statue, during a vehicle check. The police booked not just the 16-year-old boy, but also a youth and a 52-year-old man, also for having permitted the underaged boy to ride the bike without a driving licence.

“Many accidents are being reported involving underaged children riding bikes. In one of the recent cases, it ended up in fatality. In order to discourage parents and vehicle owners from permitting children, without licence, especially underaged children, to ride bikes, we are taking stringent action,” said Madurai City Commissioner of Police S. Rajendiran.

The police had also seized the vehicle and the trio were booked under Sections 181(4) and 199(A) of Motor Vehicles Act.