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...but what about cars left on the parking lot by the drunk ppl? a lot of ppl might choose to drink&drive because they have to go back & get their cars again...

...but what about cars left on the parking lot by the drunk ppl? a lot of ppl might choose to drink&drive because they have to go back & get their cars again... In South Korea they have 'substitute driver service' that drives customer's car (obviously, with customer in it) back to the customer's home. I'm sure this can be done logistically (have a large bus carry around drivers, etc.)

pluma 9y ago
> ...but what about cars left on the parking lot by the drunk ppl? 1. This may sound obvious but maybe don't drive yourself if you're not going to be able to drive back. Ask a friend to take you or plan to pay for both ways. 2. Plan for the extra time the following day to pick your car up where you left it. 3. Drive with someone who can drive the car (and you) back. I'm surprised you think this is a difficult problem. People have been doing these things for decades.
- alkonaut 9y ago
  While it's certainly a solved problem, what I found in the US was that people put bars and restaurants near roads. Some times a bar or restaurant could be a few km down some otherwise empty road, with a parking lot in front. That's a large part of the problem.
- papabrown 9y ago
  In many cities like Los Angeles public transportation is either non-existant or extremely poor, the most common scenario is that someone goes to work and is invited to go have a drink with the office gang after hours. It's not realistic for them to drive an hour home in rush hour traffic and then take Uber back to meet everyone as they'll already be gone. Instead they go have a drink, start thinking, "Geez, I probably should get Uber but then I'm going to have to get Uber in the morning to get to work and then I have to get my car from the parking lot at the bar. I guess I'm not really that drunk I can probably make it home okay."

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...but what about cars left on the parking lot by the drunk ppl? a lot of ppl might choose to drink&drive because they have to go back & get their cars again...

by devdoomari 10y ago

pluma 9y ago
> ...but what about cars left on the parking lot by the drunk ppl? 1. This may sound obvious but maybe don't drive yourself if you're not going to be able to drive back. Ask a friend to take you or plan to pay for both ways. 2. Plan for the extra time the following day to pick your car up where you left it. 3. Drive with someone who can drive the car (and you) back. I'm surprised you think this is a difficult problem. People have been doing these things for decades.
- alkonaut 9y ago
  While it's certainly a solved problem, what I found in the US was that people put bars and restaurants near roads. Some times a bar or restaurant could be a few km down some otherwise empty road, with a parking lot in front. That's a large part of the problem.
- papabrown 9y ago
  In many cities like Los Angeles public transportation is either non-existant or extremely poor, the most common scenario is that someone goes to work and is invited to go have a drink with the office gang after hours. It's not realistic for them to drive an hour home in rush hour traffic and then take Uber back to meet everyone as they'll already be gone. Instead they go have a drink, start thinking, "Geez, I probably should get Uber but then I'm going to have to get Uber in the morning to get to work and then I have to get my car from the parking lot at the bar. I guess I'm not really that drunk I can probably make it home okay."