Plan B4 U Party is the slogan behind Waikato District Council’s latest drink drive campaign to try to reduce alcohol related incidents in the Waikato district.
The campaign was launched earlier this month in time for the Christmas and New Year period.
Waikato District Council, road safety co-ordinator, Megan Jolly said the aim of the campaign is to remind everyone intending to drink alcohol to plan before they go out how they will be getting home.
“The message is equally relevant for those hosting parties – make sure there is plenty of food and non-alcoholic drinks available, provide alternative means of getting people home if they have had too much to drink, or provide a place for mates to sleep over if needed,” she said.
Between 2006 and 2010 alcohol was a factor in 31 per cent of local road crashes in the Waikato district.
The Plan B4 U Party promotional material will be displayed in key businesses throughout the district, including licenced premises, cafes, and camp grounds. Surveys will also be carried out with locals asking them about their plans for hosting parties and for getting home safely after events.
It would make sense if random breath testing was instituted at the entry and exit to Raglan over the holiday period.
Further, if the speed limit was permanently reduced to 80km from Whatawhata to Raglan it may reduce the number of vehicles crossing the centre line and rounding the many blind corners too fast endangering oncoming traffic.
Have seen breath testing set up just west of Whatawhata at times. What about the problems with locals drinking and driving?