The scourge of drink driving looks like it is not going away any time soon, if The New Paper’s checks with valets at several nightspots are anything to go by.
Last weekend, we spoke to some of them at the Tanjong Pagar, Orchard Road and Boat Quay areas.
Five valets said it was not unusual to encounter clubbers who insist on driving themselves home, even when they had drunk too much.
Said a valet working in a club at Tanjong Pagar, who wanted to be known only as Mr Ameen: “We have customers who insist on driving themselves home after clubbing. I honestly don’t know why they take the risk. We charge them only $50 to drive them back, but if they refuse, we can only remind them that it is against the law as we can’t force them.”
Last year, the police arrested 2,917 people for drink driving.
This is a 6.6 per cent increase compared to 2,735 in 2011.
SOURCE
This is a very disturbing trend to reveal as we all know how drink driving can endanger other road users other than the driver himself. It is a very selfish act which should not be tolerated. It seems that people will only obey the law when they see the flashing red/blue lights.
No comments:
Post a Comment