Fancy Pants' Blog

I am a big advocate of avoiding drinking and driving. I will admit that I was stupid enough to do it in my youth. Thank God, I never hurt myself or anyone else.

Now, I am lucky enough to be able to take the bus out downtown and then grab a cab home when I am boozed up. But before I lived on a bus route, I would drive out, leave my car and cab it home.

BTW - if you have never looked into the Cap Metro bus prices, it is $10 for a monthy pass. $10! That is insane. I almost want to write the city a letter. I almost want to tell them they are probably losing money with the current gas prices what they are. I almost want to tell them it's OK to charge more.

Almost.

Back to the d&d thing...Everytime I hear someone talk about how they are or were OK to drive, I think about how they're only thinking of themselves. Noone ever seems to consider that while you may FEEL fine, do you know how your body - and more inportantly - your mind would react if a small child jumped in front of your car?

I produced this PSA once that I really felt good about. It had heavy sound effects of partying, street sounds, crashing and then a sigh of relief as it said, "You drink. You drive. You crash. You live."

Next, I showed a picture of a super sweet looking small child as it said, "She doesn't."

Not that the child needed to be super sweet looking, but you get the point.

Do you get the point?

Who knows if anyone ever got the point.

The point is this: You may think you are okay to drive. But that doesn't mean you are. And even after just a few drinks, your defenses are most definitely down. So stop thinking about yourself and think about how you would feel if you killed someone.

OK, enough deepness for the day.

This was all a lead in for my actual Austin related entry.

When you are too drunk to get yourself home and aren't willing to leave your car parked around town, there's an Austin company you can call to come to your rescue.

Zingo pops a portable scooter into your trunk, drives you home and then zips on out.

All you have to do is schedule a pick up and hand over your keys and address. I'm guesing it's best to schedule a pickup if you're panning on downing a few drinks. Ever tried grabbing a cab at 2am? It's B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

The price is a bit steep but much less than a DUI/DWI - whichever the heck it is - and definitely better than the alternative(re-read rant posted above).

Check out their site for more details or see the story that ran on FOX 7 this morning right HERE.