Now this is a cool idea

[arielus]

Talking with a friend, she told me she was watching a guy on tv, who created a company that escorts drunk people back home.
I mean, you drank too much, you call the service, they send you a car and 2 drivers, one that drives your car back home, and the other to pick you up and escort your car.


Seems like a great idea to me.

Am i the only one surprised to see this? or is there any service like this one available in your country already?

[thesightless]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

here in long island NY, they made it a law that if a bartender calls a cab for someone, the cab HAS to drive them to keep em off the road. they get money from the local government to make up for it.

[RiseandShine]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

wow, both ideas are cool - do they also pay for cleaning the cab after?

[GLD]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

i never came across something like that in good ol', but seems like a great idea too me. drunk driving is shit!

[thesightless]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

you dont even know. as bad as my drinking rep is. i hate DWI. i saw a young, 5yr old girl die last year and another person as well. because a man was driving the wrong way on the meadowbrook parkway at 90 miles an hour.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-licrash-sg,0,390101.storygallery?coll=ny-linews-headlines

that isnt a car. its a stretch limo...........

[Corven]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

holy shit ... what did he drive into?? magneto??

[Homskillet]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

They've got that service round here too. Usually where there's colleges other students offer this service.

[AndyH]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

In central London they have a service where if you go out in ur car but get pissed, u can ring a firm who will send a bloke out on a fold up scooter who will drive u home in ur car with the scooter in the boot, then off he goes on his bike... Genius!

[alexfish333]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

They got that shit in LA as well

[AndyH]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

Talking with a friend, she told me she was watching a guy on tv, who created a company that escorts drunk people back home.
I mean, you drank too much, you call the service, they send you a car and 2 drivers, one that drives your car back home, and the other to pick you up and escort your car.
Seems like a great idea to me.

Am i the only one surprised to see this? or is there any service like this one available in your country already?

Jesus, where have u been.....?

[arielus]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

hiding from you

i live in a small town, when i get drunk, i walk the 10 blocks (MAX!) back home

[day_for_night]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

we've had this here for years...especially at christmas, when its called "operation red-nose". its a volunteer service, so its free (but they suggest donations). during the regular year its a pay service, but its not unreasonably expensive.

[jarble187]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

I think this is happening in Hawaii, maybe elsewhere also-

A sober plan

A pair of recent college graduates
has launched a business aimed
at getting drunk people home safe

By Dan Martin
dmartin@starbulletin.com

Justin Dilg has a message for New Year's Eve partiers: If you plan to get drunk, first clear out your trunk.
Dilg and his business partner, Toma Podorean, this week launched a new service called Safe Ride that they hope to steer to business success while simultaneously battling the scourge of drunken driving.
The two surfing buddies, both of whom graduated from college last spring, field calls from their inebriated clientele and one of them zips to the nightspot in question on a collapsible moped that is put into the trunk of the customer's car.
They then chauffeur the client home in his or her own vehicle before departing once again via moped.
With a $20 pickup fee and $3 per mile thereafter, it's more expensive than taking a cab. But Dilg and Podorean say that by bringing home both driver and car, customers also avoid parking tickets, towed vehicles, and overnight parking charges.
Like any novel idea, initial acceptance is a challenge.
"The hardest part is changing people's minds, and convincing them that this is a viable option," Dilg said.
Still, they've already serviced several clients since launching on Tuesday and expect a boost in visibility from tonight's revelry.
"This was spawned out of community concern over drunk driving. We view it as a service to the community," he said.
Safe Ride, which operates out of Toma's family home in Kahala, is restricted to the area between Aloha Stadium and Hawaii Kai due to the limits of moped travel.
The idea first hit them a few months ago after Podorean had volunteered as designated driver for a group of friends at a Kailua party, but felt left out of the partying.
After initially distributing flyers at local nightspots, the pair are now talking to nightclub proprietors and valet parking operators -- who could be liable if they put drunk drivers on the road -- on devising a mutually beneficial arrangement.
New Year's, Super Bowl Sunday and graduation time aren't the only times people get smashed, though, Dilg says. He intends to target clients at corporate events, weddings and birthday parties, and even medical outpatients.
"People who get cosmetic surgery, for example, might be shy about it and not want to be picked up by someone they know," he said.
After arriving at the pickup scene, Safe Ride first confirms that a customer's license, vehicle registration and insurance are up to date. If not, they walk away.
Though Podorean is a business major, it's been a learning curve for the two partners.
"I've learned more about business in the past two months than I have in the previous 20 years," Dilg said.
But there's one aspect of the business they're familiar with: dealing with drunk people. "We're recent college students. We know how to take that in stride," he said.

[rubyraks]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

There's just one thing I don't understand, if I'm drunk how the hell am I going to remember to call the service and better yet how do I remember the number?

[thesightless]

Re: Now this is a cool idea

you are spoiled. you live in gotham. /jealous.