The Hyderabad City Police launched “Counseling for Drunk Drivers” on Monday at the Traffic Training Institute, Goshamahal to create awareness about the ill-effects of drunk driving and to change their attitude.
During last Friday and Saturday, some 280 drunk drivers were arrested among which 204 were two-wheelers, seven three-wheelers and 69 four-wheelers. Some 220 drivers attended the Counseling Sessions in the morning. Films on ill-effects of drunk driving and other slides of traffic rules have been shown to them.
The Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic addressed the gathering. He told the drunk drivers that from now on, unless they attend the counseling and get their challans stamped, they will not be produced before the Magistrate and their vehicles will not be released. They were told that the III and IV Metropolitan Magistrates were contemplating to impose jail sentences as per the M.V. Act to those drivers who were heavily drunk.
During Counseling Sessions, the drivers realized their fault and promised that they would never drink and drive and also advice their friends about the concept. The respondents will be sent to the Court after the counseling where the Magistrates would impose fine up to Rs 2,500 or imprisonment up to six months. (NSS)