{"id":13,"date":"2010-03-22T19:41:05","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T18:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/?p=13"},"modified":"2010-03-22T19:41:05","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T18:41:05","slug":"drunk-pedestrians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2010\/03\/22\/drunk-pedestrians\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk Pedestrians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2010\/03\/22\/drunk-pedestrians\/drunk_ped\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14 alignright\" title=\"Romanian signage\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/files\/2010\/03\/drunk_ped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a>David Sleet alerted us to this news item from the Telegraph:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/romania\/7405695\/Romanian-street-sign-warns-drivers-of-drunk-pedestrians.html\" target=\"_blank\">Romanian street sign warns drivers of &#8216;drunk pedestrians.&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The red caution signs show an inebriated person on his knees, clutching a bottle. The text apparent reads &#8220;Attention &#8211; Drunks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The signs were erected after a number of collisions between motorists and revelers.<\/p>\n<p>Other than garnering some international notoriety for the town (hello, <a href=\"left&quot;&gt;View Larger Map&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/small&gt;\" target=\"_blank\">Pecica<\/a>), I wonder what impact is expected? Policies regarding serving alcohol to inebriated patrons, increasing the price of alcohol and calming traffic through pedestrian zones might all be more effective &#8211; if less amusing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/DOCUME%7E1\/bdj\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/moz-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" \/><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Sleet alerted us to this news item from the Telegraph: Romanian street sign warns drivers of &#8216;drunk pedestrians.&#8217; The red caution signs show an inebriated person on his knees, clutching a bottle. 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