Designated Driver Program

What can i say? I referred someone!

When I used to sell beer at the Sports Arena, I never ever DID NOT get drilled constantly from management about over-​inebriated patrons, how to spot them, how to deal with them, and how to offer them coffee or something to eat if they were incapacitated. Every 6 months, employees would have to take a mandatory TIPS training class. When it wasn’t busy with booze sales, sometimes I would volunteer to go man the DESIGNATED DRIVER table. There I would get people to sign a pledge to have a designated driver, if their group were drinking. I would sign up A LOT of passing people to come over & get a free water bottle or soda, if they signed the DD pledge. Booze and driving DO NOT mix! Get that in your head!
I sat on a trial of someone who was drunk driving and did great bodily harm by acting stupid. Just don’t do it! According to Wikipedia: «A Designated Driver refers to selecting a person to remain sober, as the driver of a vehicle, while others are allowed to drink to excess (with alcoholic beverages). A designated driver is a person who abstains from alcohol on a social occasion in order to drive his/​her companions home safely. It is intended as a safe alternative to driving under the influence. In order to encourage these arrangements, some bar, restaurant and nightclub proprietors will offer free non-​alcoholic drinks to designated drivers.»
It is illegal to drive with a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of 0.8% or more. Other factors may also affect your ability to to legally operate a vehicle-​such as fatigue, medications, or food. Even one drink may likely affect your ability to drive safely-​that is why the Designated Driver Program is so important.
Someday I hope that drinking and driving will be like smoking while pregnant is today-​a for sure no-​no! Outreach, Public Service Announcements, and even Unilocal slowly leach into people’s brains. The Super Bowl is coming up and I have heard that law enforcement will be stepping up patrols to catch drunks driving after the Big Game. No one is trying to take a good time away from anybody-​just make sure you act responsibly and designate someone to drive you safely home.