“Often top officials and bureaucrats take little interest in following rules meticulously. More often than not, they turn a blind eye to the use of cell phones while driving,” says Senthil. The activist wants to completely do away with this practice. “Talking over the cell phone while driving vehicles is a major cause of accidents in the city. It damages the driver’s vehicle, other vehicles involved in the accident and occupants of both the vehicles. At times, the enormity of the situation is so huge that innocent people and public property are injured or damaged” he said.
To deal with the situation, he conducts training programmes for government officials, and corporates to highlight the issue of driving vehicles while talking on mobile phones. Some participants said the programme was a real eye-opener. Only if the youth are involved in a big way, a real transformation is possible. So, I try to catch them young, says Senthil. In order to motivate them to follow traffic rules and inculcate self-discipline, he periodically organises camps, oratorical competitions and skits in schools and colleges.
Originally written for DTNext, read more at https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2016/10/12095905/1019110/Activist-brings-attitudinal-change.vpf