Saving up and booking your holiday is a highlight of the year. Whether you’re going as far afield as a ten-hour flight or whether you’ve packed your bags and you’re heading for a relatively short-haul holiday hotspot, one thing is for sure – other people have already had the same idea. That’s no bad thing, of course. You get to meet people, make friends, maybe have a holiday romance to tell your diary about? But revellers are known for their … well … revelling? And that more often than not means alcohol. Booze. Ale. Cocktails. Spirits. Beer. Whatever they prefer. Which in turn can lead to more drunk drivers abroad.
Staying safe in holiday hotspots around the higher risk of drunk drivers can be a challenge. Not only is there a heightened risk of physical injury, but there are psychological considerations attached to these stressful situations. You may need to speak to mental disability lawyers if an incident affects you. Now let’s look at how you can stay safe around drivers who are potentially over the drink-drive limit.
Avoid the tourist traps
As exciting as the lights and sound and the glitz and the glamour of the bars near the beach may seem, this is where you’re most likely to see police and ambulance crews throughout the night. Why? Drunk people. That’s why. People who have had too much to drink are susceptible to acting on their lowered inhibitions. This means overzealous behaviour that can result in arguments, fighting, and drunk people getting behind the wheel of their hire car or moped to drive back to the hotel. They will have driven to the bar with every intention of leaving their vehicle overnight. However, once people have one too many, they develop feelings on invincibility. Avoid these areas for the best results.
Seek out pedestrianised areas
Depending on where you are in the world, the centre of the town or city may be pedestrianised, meaning no cars allowed (often, traffic is prevented from entering the centre of town by bollards). If you have an assorted bucket list of tropical beach destinations and city break must-sees, check out which places offer the best protection from drunk drivers in terms of pedestrianized areas. This is nothing new, with new towns and cities improving the safety of their patrons every year with the introduction of traffic flow measures. Although this may mean missing out on somewhere that you really want to see, there is a reduction in the chances of accident or injury due to drunk drivers abroad.
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