Have a Safe and Happy

Flokday Season

She's drinking
scotch and soda,

‘He's drinking

‘soda on ice.

‘Play it safe this
holiday season.
Tt you're driving,

- don’t drink.
If you ‘re drinking,
= , don't: ‘drive.

CALL, YOUR SPOUSE, CALL
- YOUR NEIGHBOR,
“CALL YOUR BROTHER,
CALLA CAB. —

(HERE ARE MANY
_ OPTIONS.
DRIVING WHILE
“ NOT ONE OF THEM.

Enjoy your Festivities
but remember ...

ENFORCEMENT TAKES
INO HOLIDAY!

CICBC

TRAFFIC SAFETY

Designated Drivers keep all
families safe — Please
- Don’t Drink & Drive

North Shore Family
Services Society

... Enriching & Strengthening family
life on the North Shore.
988-5281

THE HOLIDAY party ‘season is a time when many peo- —

ple are tempted to drive.after drinking, but the alter-
natives to ~ and consequences of — drinking and driv-
ing should make that temptation easy to avoid.

There are a variety of designated drivers to choose
from: a fellow party-goer:-who abstains, a friend or fam-
ily member who was not at a party, a cab driver, or a
B.C. transit driver.

Choosing a non-drinking designated driver from
ainong your companions can make for a simple and in-
expensive solution to the problem of getting home after a
holiday season outing.

Many licenced establishments offer designated driver
programs where one person in a group will be served an
unlimited number of free soft drinks or coffee, if they
consume no alcohol.

But, if you and yours prefer to have the option of’

drinking alcohol during the festivities, be sure to call a
friend for a ride, call a taxi or take public transit.

B.C. Transit spokesman Scott MacFarlane points out
that all buses (including West Vancouver biue buses), the
SkyTrain and the SeaBus will be free from 5 p.m. Dec.
31 until 8 a.m. Jan. 1, with services being increased to
accomimodate extra passengers. Last year more than
170,000 people chose transit for their New Year’s Eve
Gesignated driver.

Regular day-time service will be in place with.

SkyTrain and SeaBus hours extended to after 3 a.m. Ex-
tra buses will be availabie to handle the overload. .

The costs or inconvenience of depending on alternate -

transportation sources are dwarfed by the casts still paid
provincially to enforce drunk driving laws and the price
paid by victims of drinking drivers.

Cpl. Larry Atkinson of the North Vancouver Royal
Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said enforcing the
laws through holiday season road checks has he!ped to
reduce the number of alcchol-related injuries in car ac-
cidents.

But, he added, even though people are not fegally im-
paired until their blood alcohol level has reached .08%,
the RCMP would prefer to see drivers who have con-
sumed no alcohol.

Drinking Driving Counterattack is a proactive preven-
tion program aimed at pointing out the consequences of
drunk driving, such as the effects of alcohol on your

ability to drive.
Their statistics show that we do have a problem in this

province:
@ one out of every five people in B.C. jails is a con-

victed drunk driver,
@ 6,000 people are injured annually in drinking driving

accidents, and
@ 200 people are killed annually as a result of alcohol-
related accidents. °

The responsibility for eliminating drunk driving lies
not only with the individual who drinks, but with the
server or the host. |

Thank you for your

patronage. We hope

to see you again, so
please drink
responsibly.

MERRY

CHRISTMAS

from all the staff of
The Pemberton Station
Neighborhood Pub.

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Wednesday, December 18, 1991 - North Shore News - 35

Ue Wish You a Holiday
Merceces Bent

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1375 MARINE DR., N. VAN. 984-9351

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Agog aenog ono.
YOU'RE WITH US!

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987-7171,

Be smart — don’t drink & drive!
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Don’t be a smash hit this holiday
season!

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WISHING YOU A SAFE &
HAPPY HOLIDAY

Season's Greetings se

BCAA -—s |

A Driving Force Against
Drinking & Driving