The editorial workers of securite-routiere.gouv.fr invitations all younger folks to decide to being Sam, the one who drives and would not drink to carry his or her buddies residence alive after a celebration.
This yr, Sam begins his summer time season on June 28 at Solidays then on the Rose Competition in Toulouse from August 29.
Unmissable together with his huge white head and his stainless smile, Sam is the image of a dedication of nice worth: “staying sober to guard others from street accidents”.
To start out off properly, festival-goers can be challenged on the Sam Stadium des Solidays to:
- compete on an impediment course combining ability and coordination;
- take part in an enormous darts sport specializing in Sam’s qualities and preconceived concepts associated to alcohol;
- expertise a pole take a look at which is able to problem them to remain so long as potential whereas answering street security questions.
Then, all individuals will have the ability to take pleasure in a non-alcoholic cocktail at Sam’s Buvette and share his good recommendation:
- decide to being Sam earlier than the get togetherhaving a driver (and never at all times the identical one!) who would not drink stays among the finest options to make sure of returning residence safely;
- develop into a Sam-bartender by serving non-alcoholic cocktails, Sam’s cocktail recipes might be discovered on the Instagram account @samchauffeurengage – obtain the booklet “Sam’s Non-Alcoholic Cocktails”;
- carry your sleeping bagso as, when potential, to remain and sleep there.
All through the summer time, two radio spots, hosted by host MRIK and rapper Doria on Skyrock, will remind folks of the significance of being a driver who’s dedicated to remaining sober.
Do you know that street accidents stay the main reason behind dying amongst younger folks aged 18 to 24?
The alcohol issue is especially current amongst younger grownup drivers concerned in a deadly accident, 27% and 71% of deadly alcohol-related accidents happen at night time in addition to on weekends, which account for half of the deadly alcohol-related accidents (each day and by night time).
The danger of being chargeable for a deadly accident is multiplied on common by 18 amongst alcoholic drivers, the hashish and alcohol cocktail multiplies the danger of inflicting a deadly accident by 29.
Thus in 2022, it was noticed that deadly accidents in vehicles the place the driving force was drunk, 38% of drivers didn’t put on a seat belt and 42% for passengers.