Last weekend, right before New Year’s, I received news about an acquaintance who ran over and killed someone on the highway in Tagaytay at 2 o’clock in the morning. He was DUI, driving under
the influence of alcohol, having come from one of those year-end parties. The victim, totally unrelated to the driver, was also drunk, walking along the highway.
In developing countries like the Philippines, we don’t even know what the actual situation is because of the lack of statistics, and the fact that many vehicular mishaps, even fatal ones, are settled out of court. Yes, it seems worse with East Asian cultures. Just watch Japanese, South Korean, and to some extent, Chinese drama shows with all the drinking scenes. In Japan, it has become even mandatory to join office mates for nomikai, binge drinking after work, sometimes with a superior who might use the drinking for work-related “nomicommunication” .
We need to encourage a change in the norms, emphasizing that binge drinking and pressuring friends to drink is not macho or pakikisama . Groups that use vehicles when going out to a party or for drinking should have designated drivers, people who agree not to consume alcohol so they can make sure everyone gets home safe.
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