Most of the people I know here drink & drive so I guess it’s somewhat accurate
I know people dislike Uber, but it prevents this type of stuff.
90% of the people don’t respect the code de la route and nobody cares….
Uber! Save. Us…
I wouldn’t say the government doesn’t care, there was recently a campaign against drunk driving, there’s often police controls, and alternatives have been developed, like the late night busses. Whether these measures aren’t enough is a different point.
The ideal solution would be self-driving cars, but we’ll have to wait a few decades to have them on our roads.
Oh boy. The people simping for a company thats known to exploit its workforce just they can get wasted…
Drink driving is a serious issue in Lux. Though driving in general has worsen over the years. Courtesy is gone, speed limits are non existent for some. Simply look at that recent accident in Neudorf, broad daylight, morning time.. no other factor than pure selfishness and stupidity.
As long as a taxi fare from the city to the north costs you >100 euros on weekends, people will take their chances.
Frankly drunk driving is so established, it’s almost part of our cultural heritage here but it is mostly due to the fact that there aren’t many alternatives to driving when you live up north or further away from where the “action” happens.
Having trains to run a bit later into the night might be an option or some competition to taxis.
Fully agree with the article. Many people think it’s okay and acceptable to do it themselves and not scold anyone doing it. Alcohol is deeply rooted in the local culture and this is a consequence. However, it would be sooo easy to just plan ahead a little bit, have a designated driver or simply limit your consumption when you know you’re driving later. No one gets tricked into drinking too much, like “Whoops suddenly five beers attacked me and I had to put them somewhere, am I right?” It’s just selfish and dangerous for everyone involved, yet there are only consequences if it goes severely wrong.
I’ve noticed it’s worse in Europe in general (at least the parts where I know people). I know Belgians and French people who drink and drive… in Canada it’s such a taboo. Like you really get shamed from a young age into not doing it.
And for those complaining about the bus system… my girlfriends and I used to wait 30 mins to an hour for the bus with skirts that barely qualified as skirts in -15 weather after 2:30 in the morning rather than drink and drive or pay for a taxi (which are extremely expensive where I’m from). I mean, we’re lucky that we had a night bus, but it was… not the best! We still did it because it’s just part of our culture.
I agree with some of it. I come from a country where you are not allowed to drive with any alcohol in the system. The only acceptable number is 0.00%. Yet both the total number of accidents per capita, and the number of accidents with alcohol involved are higher than in Luxembourg.
The author “pretends” that people dismiss her opinion, for dramatic effect, I suppose. In reality everybody agrees with her, but they shrug: “yep, it’s bad, but it used to be worse, so we are getting better”. I tend to agree with this argument.
It is also funny (and somewhat refreshing) for me to see that in Luxembourg everybody would search for a solution that would increase the safety but also allow people to keep drinking. This would not happen in other places. Everywhere else people would say: “ok, now we increase fines, criminalise driving under the influence with more than x% in the system, and slap some banners with “don’t drink and drive”.
As for the problem itself, there is one obvious solution: elect a designated driver. I’ve been happily doing this even from before arriving in Luxembourg. Once you realise that getting drunk is just borrowing happiness from the next day, it is easier to switch to non-alcoholics on Saturday night
“Over the last five years in Luxembourg, 18% of all road accidents involved alcohol.”
So, alcohol wasn’t involved in 82%… 🤔
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Most of the people I know here drink & drive so I guess it’s somewhat accurate
I know people dislike Uber, but it prevents this type of stuff.
90% of the people don’t respect the code de la route and nobody cares….
Uber! Save. Us…
I wouldn’t say the government doesn’t care, there was recently a campaign against drunk driving, there’s often police controls, and alternatives have been developed, like the late night busses. Whether these measures aren’t enough is a different point.
The ideal solution would be self-driving cars, but we’ll have to wait a few decades to have them on our roads.
Oh boy. The people simping for a company thats known to exploit its workforce just they can get wasted…
Drink driving is a serious issue in Lux. Though driving in general has worsen over the years. Courtesy is gone, speed limits are non existent for some. Simply look at that recent accident in Neudorf, broad daylight, morning time.. no other factor than pure selfishness and stupidity.
As long as a taxi fare from the city to the north costs you >100 euros on weekends, people will take their chances.
Frankly drunk driving is so established, it’s almost part of our cultural heritage here but it is mostly due to the fact that there aren’t many alternatives to driving when you live up north or further away from where the “action” happens.
Having trains to run a bit later into the night might be an option or some competition to taxis.
Fully agree with the article. Many people think it’s okay and acceptable to do it themselves and not scold anyone doing it. Alcohol is deeply rooted in the local culture and this is a consequence. However, it would be sooo easy to just plan ahead a little bit, have a designated driver or simply limit your consumption when you know you’re driving later. No one gets tricked into drinking too much, like “Whoops suddenly five beers attacked me and I had to put them somewhere, am I right?” It’s just selfish and dangerous for everyone involved, yet there are only consequences if it goes severely wrong.
I’ve noticed it’s worse in Europe in general (at least the parts where I know people). I know Belgians and French people who drink and drive… in Canada it’s such a taboo. Like you really get shamed from a young age into not doing it.
And for those complaining about the bus system… my girlfriends and I used to wait 30 mins to an hour for the bus with skirts that barely qualified as skirts in -15 weather after 2:30 in the morning rather than drink and drive or pay for a taxi (which are extremely expensive where I’m from). I mean, we’re lucky that we had a night bus, but it was… not the best! We still did it because it’s just part of our culture.
I agree with some of it. I come from a country where you are not allowed to drive with any alcohol in the system. The only acceptable number is 0.00%. Yet both the total number of accidents per capita, and the number of accidents with alcohol involved are higher than in Luxembourg.
The author “pretends” that people dismiss her opinion, for dramatic effect, I suppose. In reality everybody agrees with her, but they shrug: “yep, it’s bad, but it used to be worse, so we are getting better”. I tend to agree with this argument.
It is also funny (and somewhat refreshing) for me to see that in Luxembourg everybody would search for a solution that would increase the safety but also allow people to keep drinking. This would not happen in other places. Everywhere else people would say: “ok, now we increase fines, criminalise driving under the influence with more than x% in the system, and slap some banners with “don’t drink and drive”.
As for the problem itself, there is one obvious solution: elect a designated driver. I’ve been happily doing this even from before arriving in Luxembourg. Once you realise that getting drunk is just borrowing happiness from the next day, it is easier to switch to non-alcoholics on Saturday night
“Over the last five years in Luxembourg, 18% of all road accidents involved alcohol.”
So, alcohol wasn’t involved in 82%… 🤔