I am afraid, this is one term that today’s youth just does not associate with. Its tough or should we say easy for one to blame the parents or background of erroneous drivers. Without a doubt, the present gen-Y is smarter than its predecessors. They are more focused, more knowledgeable and by that logic “more mature”. But is that really so. Are they really taking responsibility for their actions? The 20-year-old Alistair Periera ran down six labourers sleeping on a pavement and injured eight others in Mumbai last year. And perhaps, that was not a lesson well learn’t for the Mumbai teen whose drunken driving led him to crash into a disabled man yesterday.

These sure aren’t the first cases of driving negligence. Time and again, incidents of road mishaps due to ‘un-responsible’ driving have been brought up. We complain about Blue line drivers going on a killing rampage but do we even have the right to say that? How many times do we consider the traffic rules out of our own conscience let alone by the threatening eye of the traffic policeman? Do we ever, after guzzling down alcohol, even think twice before putting on our car’s ignition. I am not moralistic and so will not go down into the ‘sinful’ habit of drinking and driving. But that will not stop me from saying…”Do we really have to drive after boozing? Let’s respect life, theirs and ours!”