- Drunken pedestrians in St Albans were targeted by a Christmas campaign aimed at reducing the number of people killed on Hertfordshire's roads. Hertfordshire County Council's Road Safety Unit, the Crime and Drugs Strategy Unit and The Moor Mill restaurant in Bricket Wood have teamed up to warn people about the dangers of tipsy pedestrians.
Restaurant diners were given fortune cookies at the end of their meals, advising them to look out for intoxicated pedestrians on their way home. Drinkers are also be able to pick up information leaflets and mirror stickers in Hertfordshire's pubs and clubs warning them about the dangers of excessive drinking.
"In the last five years, more than 250 Hertfordshire residents were hit by vehicles when they were drunk and more than a third of all pedestrians who are killed in road collisions are drunk at the time," said county councillor Stuart Pile, executive member for highways, transport and rural affairs. This is Hertfordshire
- Women are being warned by police to take sensible steps to be safe while out in Fife. Look after your friends, do not split up and take a taxi home is the message from Fife Constabulary's Time2Act on Alcohol campaign. Pub managers have also pledged to refuse to serve customers who have been drinking to excess and to remind them not to leave their drinks unattended.
There is about one report of indecency against a woman every day in Fife. Police officers said it is known that in a number of these cases, the victim was targeted because she had been drinking. The force mounted intensive operations at nightspots over Christmas and New Year to deter and detect troublemakers. Similar operations last year resulted in no sexual assaults in town centres over the festive period. BBC News
- A scheme that has seen booze-fuelled assaults halved in Lancaster city centre is to be extended. The Easy Tiger campaign is getting an extra £2,000 from the Lancaster District Safety Partnership to help raise awareness of binge drinking and its effect on health and social behaviour. Organised by the police and Lancaster University Students Union (LUSU), the aim is to attempt to make customers drink more soft drinks as a safer alternative, and to become more aware of their drinking limits. The campaign helped produce a 54% reduction in alcohol related assaults and a 29% reduction in criminal damage in Lancaster city centre when compared to the same time last year. lep.co.uk
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