New Year’s Celebrations Be Prepared for it!


Only a person in Alaska would think of this!

From the city of Anchorage where drunk driving used to be considered a sport in our time, comes this story.  Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a bar in Anchorage, Alaska.

After last call the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so intoxicated
that he could barely walk. The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing.  After what seemed an eternity in which he tried his keys on five different vehicles, the man managed to find his car and fall into it. He sat there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off.

Finally, he started the car, switched the wipers on and off . . . it was a fine,
lightly snowing night . . . flicked the blinkers on and off a couple of times, honked the horn and then switched on the lights. He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and then remained still for a few more minutes as some more of the other patrons' vehicles left.

At last, when his was the only car left in the parking lot, he pulled out
and drove slowly down the road.

The police officer, having waited patiently all this time, now started up
his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly pulled the man over and
administered a Breathalyzer test. To his amazement, the Breathalyzer
indicated no evidence that the man had consumed any alcohol at all!

Dumbfounded, the officer said, "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the
police station. This Breathalyzer equipment must be broken."

"I doubt it," said the truly proud Alaskan.

 "Tonight I'm the designated decoy."

As you head out tonight to party and celebrate the New Year please drink responsibly, use a designated driver or decoy or use the many taxi’s available to take you home.  The new law for even being detained for DUI is a mandatory 3 day stay in jail, not the way to start the New Year.

Have fun, be safe, and if you take the kids out to the Fire & Ice Fireworks display in Town Park remember to dress them warm as it is expected to be around zero to minus 5 degrees by then.

Happy New Year everyone!

Ice

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