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10-SOCIAL MARKETING.

ABETTING DRUNK DRIVING,

ANTI-GLOBAL WARMING BACTERIA

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Abetting Drunk Driving.• What is Abetment? Abetment of an Offence is defined under Section 107

of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and is applicable to all other Legislation.

• Abetment is said to take place under Three Circumstances:

1) When a person instigates another to Commit an Offence.

2) When he engages in a Conspiracy to Commit the Offence.

3) When he intentionally aids another person to Commit an Offence.

• What may Constitute Abetment in relation to Drunk Driving:

• Encouraging a person to get Drunk before he gets behind the wheel. This may include an active suggestion that it is Cool to do so.

• Telling a person that he has nothing to worry about, as you will help him evade check points.

• Giving Alcohol to a person while he is Driving.

• Placing a bet with your friend to find out how drunk he can get before he can get before he takes his car out.

• Making a plan on how to fool the Breath Analyzer Test

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Abetting Drunk Driving (Cont’d).• What may not Constitute Abetment:• Taking a lift from a Driver who is caught Driving under the influence of Alcohol.• Getting into a Cab when the Driver is Drunk.• Having mere knowledge the the Driver may be under the influence of Alcohol.• Returning home in a Group after a party and Driver gets booked for Drunk Driving.• Serving Alcohol at a party where some of the Guests may drive back home even though

they are under the influence of Alcohol.• Drunk Driving Arrests:• Vital Stats: 1-31 Jan 2008. 1 Jan-12 Feb 2009• Cases Registered. 16,450 1,183• Motorists Convicted. 8448 925• Licenses Suspended 8237 925• In a first of its kind case, a Co-Passenger has been convicted for Abetting a Drunk

Driving Offence. The Two Persons held Guilty on 11th Feb 2009 are Thane residents, Yogesh Bhoir (20) and Lokesh Gholap (22).

• Bhoir was driving the SWIFT Car which belonged to his father. Officials said the Duo had visited a Bar late on Feb 4th 2009. They were returning to their Naupada residence when a Traffic Police stopped them at Modella Check Naka.

• Bhoir tested positive in the Breath Analyzer Test, which showed 146 ml of Alcohol in his blood and Gholap showed 385 ml of Alcohol in his blood.

• Bhior’s License has been suspended for Six Months. Both were sentenced to simple imprisonment of one day and slapped a fine of Rs2000 each.

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Anti-Global Warming Bacteria.• A Team of Five Indian Scientists from Four Institute, including Nagpur’s NEERI,

discovered a Bacteria that coverts Carbon Dioxide into Calcium Carbonate, a compound found in Limestone and Chalk.

• Though the Chemical Reaction has been successfully established after a Research of 3Years, its Economic Viability and Single-Step Purification Step are yet to be found.

• When used as an Enzyme-Bio-molecules that speed up a Chemical Reaction, the Bacteria has been found to transform CO2 into Calcium Carbonate (CACO3), which can fetch minerals of Economic Value.

• Carbon Dioxide is a Greenhouse gas produced in the burning of Fossil Fuels and other Industrial Activities. The rising emission of CO2 in the atmosphere is chiefly responsible for Global Warming. Reducing CO2 levels are the single most important Strategy to fight Global Warming and the resulting effects of climate change.

• The Enzyme can be put to work in any situation like in a chamber fitted inside a factory chimney through which CO2 would pass before being emitted into the atmosphere, and it would convert the Greenhouse Gas into Calcium Carbonate.