Imagine if you had to tell a family that their child was never coming home again...because a driver had a few too many drinks and they were too lazy to get a taxi? How would you feel if it was your child? Your brother, your parent, your best friend? Now imagine that you're the one who had a few drinks and thought...Home isn't too far. I'll make it without getting busted. While on the back streets worrying if the booze bus will catch you, you hit someone. How do you live with that for the rest of your life?
Rideshare service DiDi has launched a new tow truck initiative that’s aimed at discouraging drunk driving.
Melbourne residents can take part in the trial by ordering a tow truck to pick them up from the pub. The truck will pick up not just the driver but the car as well and then drop them off at a desired location.
The system will be available at no additional cost over the holiday season.
(P.A.D.D Comment: Whilst we laud all initiatives to keep drink and drug drivers off our roads, the downside of this initiative is that (as with most Harm Reduction only gimmicks) it can lend itself to a passive encouragement of not only drinking, but to excess. To marginally improve this ‘vehicle’ for better community health and safety, ‘Sober Thinking kit’ could be given to each user of the service, encouraging them to investigate, healthier and safer options all-round.) (
Source: Sky News
