new delhi a sisters fight for justice for her brother who was killed in a road crash caused by a juvenile driver is set to bear fruit with the government announcing that a series of new deterrent norms such as steep penalties and the provision to hold guardians of juvenile drivers or vehicle owner responsible for accidents will kick in from september 1only parents and guardians can stop juveniles driving vehicles police can stop one two or a few such cases if parents can keep the keys of their lockers away from children why cant they keep the keys of vehicles in their safe custody said shilpa mittal who became a campaigner for a stronger law against juvenile drivers following the death of her brother sidharth sharmaon wednesday road transport minister nitin gadkaris announcement of the date of the implementation of the amended motor vehicle law which also provides for jail terms for such negligent guardians would bring some closure to shilpasidharth was mowed down on sham nath marg in north delhi by a businessmans minor son driving a mercedes benz on april 4 2016 when he was walking home after getting dinner packed from a restaurant the juvenile was on a joyride with his six friendsthe incident captured on a cctv camera had shaken people from all walks of life and galvanised officials already working on making the motor vehicles act stronger this was one of the most tragic incidents we had ever seen there were reservations but we stuck to the change we needed to bring to check this menace said a former road transport secretarywhat was shocking was that his parents were presenting a concocted story to hide the truth that the boy was behind the wheel they produced a driver to take the responsibility though he retracted later we also came to know later that he was earlier involved in three accidents so we demanded his parents should be booked and it was perhaps the first case where both his parents were named in the fir as well shilpa saidthe two cases against the minor and his parents and their driver are still going onshilpa said that the government should now focus on enforcement if police dont stop juveniles tripling on bikes then they will feel its perfectly all right by not stopping them or penalising their guardians we are only promoting violation of the law and risking more lives she saidearlier in the day announcing the commencement of new provisions gadkari said the new changes will create a sense of fear against breaking traffic laws i am confident the impact of new provisions including deterrent penalties will be seen in the next 56 months we will try our level best to reduce fatalities by 50 in the next five years the minister said