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A senior police officer in Italy is reportedly anxious for skiing
while drunk to be reclassified as a crime as serious as drink-driving,
and is calling for safety campaigns to make the practice socially
unacceptable.
One grappa too many...
According to the BBC News website, Commander Alvaro de
Palma is concerned at a “growing trend” among skiers of
drinking a shot of grappa at the end of each run. He is reported
as saying: “One shot of grappa or whiskey after lunch is one
thing but when you have lots of grappa you lose control. It is just
as dangerous as being on the road while drunk.”
Snowboarders accused
The website also quotes a ski instructor, who agrees that drunkenness
is an issue, but that snowboarders are causing most of the problems:
“They maintain a high speed, they can’t control themselves,
and they don’t respect the signs.”
Reckless Behaviour
There have been more than 20 deaths among
skiers and boarders this year, and there has been a sharp increase
in those fined for “reckless behaviour” - last season
280 people were fined across the whole country, while this season
some 300 people have been fined in Commander de Palma’s region
alone.
[Spotted on BBC.co.uk]
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