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Post by weltschmerz on Nov 25, 2019 18:50:20 GMT -5
Anything like this in the USA? I think it's a great idea, especially during holiday party season. Too drunk to drive home? Nez Rouge (Red Nose) will pick you up, and drive you AND YOUR CAR home. Many people refuse to take a cab, because getting your car back the next day is a pain in the ass, especially if the Christmas party was far away. No charge, but they do accept donations. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Nez_rouge |
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Post by chiver78 on Nov 25, 2019 19:04:08 GMT -5
Anything like this in the USA? I think it's a great idea, especially during holiday party season. Too drunk to drive home? Nez Rouge (Red Nose) will pick you up, and drive you AND YOUR CAR home. Many people refuse to take a cab, because getting your car back the next day is a pain in the ass, especially if the Christmas party was far away. No charge, but they do accept donations. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Nez_rougeI have never seen it for the whole season, but AAA advertises for New Years Eve. |
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 25, 2019 19:08:00 GMT -5
Same here in Memphis as Chiver noted.
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Post by ednkris on Nov 25, 2019 19:18:39 GMT -5
The town where I grew up on new years eve the police would give you a ride home if you called them. You had to give them your keys they gave you a receipt to pick them up and they drove you home. They would post how many calls they had i don't think it was all that many like 30 or so, but that was 30 less drunk drivers on the road.
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Post by weltschmerz on Nov 25, 2019 19:44:08 GMT -5
Anything like this in the USA? I think it's a great idea, especially during holiday party season. Too drunk to drive home? Nez Rouge (Red Nose) will pick you up, and drive you AND YOUR CAR home. Many people refuse to take a cab, because getting your car back the next day is a pain in the ass, especially if the Christmas party was far away. No charge, but they do accept donations. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Nez_rougeI have never seen it for the whole season, but AAA advertises for New Years Eve. Do they bring you AND YOUR CAR home? I think that's a huge selling point. |
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Post by swamp on Nov 25, 2019 21:22:29 GMT -5
Anything like this in the USA? I think it's a great idea, especially during holiday party season. Too drunk to drive home? Nez Rouge (Red Nose) will pick you up, and drive you AND YOUR CAR home. Many people refuse to take a cab, because getting your car back the next day is a pain in the ass, especially if the Christmas party was far away. No charge, but they do accept donations. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Nez_rougeI have a Nez Rouge poster I took when I did a semester at Laval. |
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Nov 25, 2019 21:26:42 GMT -5
The service I heard about brings 2 people. One drives the drunk's car home. The other car picks up the driver. The one I heard about sounded like a for profit business. In the city I live in the taxis do free rides home but the car is still left.
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Post by chiver78 on Nov 25, 2019 21:29:47 GMT -5
I have never seen it for the whole season, but AAA advertises for New Years Eve. Do they bring you AND YOUR CAR home? I think that's a huge selling point. yes, it's the AAA tow truck crew. you ride in the cab, they tow your car home. not sure what the charge is, I think it is free for AAA members. |
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Post by chiver78 on Nov 25, 2019 21:32:20 GMT -5
The town where I grew up on new years eve the police would give you a ride home if you called them. You had to give them your keys they gave you a receipt to pick them up and they drove you home. They would post how many calls they had i don't think it was all that many like 30 or so, but that was 30 less drunk drivers on the road. I love that they are visible like that. the town where I live now has a very active social media presence. if you have seen the Bangor, ME, FB page, we are up there with them. no, I don't live in Bangor. our PD FB page has a Monday rundown of ways in the police blotters, with witty commentary about what not to do in the presence of Minions. community policing done right. |
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Post by weltschmerz on Nov 25, 2019 21:33:45 GMT -5
Anything like this in the USA? I think it's a great idea, especially during holiday party season. Too drunk to drive home? Nez Rouge (Red Nose) will pick you up, and drive you AND YOUR CAR home. Many people refuse to take a cab, because getting your car back the next day is a pain in the ass, especially if the Christmas party was far away. No charge, but they do accept donations. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Nez_rougeI have a Nez Rouge poster I took when I did a semester at Laval. That will get you hard labour in North Korea. |
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Nov 25, 2019 21:36:05 GMT -5
The police here do that on New Year’s Eve but I think they only take the driver and 1 passenger. The car is left though.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Nov 26, 2019 7:31:52 GMT -5
AAA does it here and for more than New Year's Eve.
Probably the biggest holiday for drinking is St. Patrick's Day.
The advertising is that it's free because they would rather people do not drink and drive.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Nov 26, 2019 8:59:45 GMT -5
I have a Nez Rouge poster I took when I did a semester at Laval. That will get you hard labour in North Korea. Correction: a death sentence. 💔 |
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Post by swamp on Nov 26, 2019 10:26:23 GMT -5
I have a Nez Rouge poster I took when I did a semester at Laval. That will get you hard labour in North Korea. Good thing QC isn't north korea.  |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Nov 26, 2019 12:04:05 GMT -5
The town where I grew up on new years eve the police would give you a ride home if you called them. You had to give them your keys they gave you a receipt to pick them up and they drove you home. They would post how many calls they had i don't think it was all that many like 30 or so, but that was 30 less drunk drivers on the road. I love that they are visible like that. the town where I live now has a very active social media presence. if you have seen the Bangor, ME, FB page, we are up there with them. no, I don't live in Bangor. our PD FB page has a Monday rundown of ways in the police blotters, with witty commentary about what not to do in the presence of Minions. community policing done right. I love Bangor's page!!! Haven't seen Got Warrants lately though.  |
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