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How the city of Fort Myers makes drunk driving an easier decision. Please comment on this and maybe something can be done! Cheaper Taxis! By: The Students Voice
Ok, so we have seen some posts about drunk driving, which we all know is stupid, dumb, can kill you, can kill others and will break your mothers heart. We see comercials on it every day, on TV, the news all over the place. They are cracking down! ok, that is great, get those bastards. But, We live in a college town. There will be drinking and if you deny that your are nuts. So, WHY DOES A TAXI COST YOU $50.00 ROUND TRIP! This is insane.
You want to go out and have fun with your friends. It Friday, you go the the local bar, you have some drinks. That costs you 20 bucks or so. Then you want to get home and another $40.00. So lets see, I have no money left so its either walk six miles (due to everything in Estero and Fort Myers is miles apart) or you get behind the wheel becuase “I am not thank drunk.” So, with all this drunk driving stuff happening why are they not taking some of this ANTI DUI adverstisement money and sending around freaking taxi cabs. I would rather see a taxi service advertising its cheap rates for college kids than a ”don’t drive drunk” commercial with a guys motorcycle helmet filled with beer. Or at least lowering the damn taxi rates. Even if you want to do the responsiable thing its costs an arm and a leg! It drives me crazy when the solution to stopping this probelm is simply money, not decision making, not morals or ethics opr anything it is simply that if a taxi coast 5 bucks to get home drunk driving would be cut by 75 percent. There is no doubt this would help.
So the other side of the argument. Well by doing this we are encouraging teen drinking. Dumb. Think about it. WE ARE COLLEGE KIDS! If you did not drink in college you spent most of your days locked in your closet dorm room. Also, the average college students age at FGCU is 23! Ummmm, last time I checked you are allowed to drink at age 23. Why not help the problem. What is the most valuable thing in the world. Your life right? The lives of your loved ones? Then why makes taxi fairs cost more than going out at night.
Just to prove this, a Taxi to club Ultra in Naples round trip to Estero. 70 bucks. What ramen noodle eating college student can afford that? It’s just so easy yet goes unoticed. The city is more worried about busting everyone then helping them. How about the next DUI driving incident that happens, all the money it cost for them to go to court, AA classes and community service, use it to help! Make there community service driving a free taxi! How much does is cost to run a DUI checkpoint. I am sure thousands of dollars. Donate that to a taxi service and make fair cheaper!
I just ask that something is done because it is such a serious issue and no one seems make a logical way to solve other than “Well, dont go out and drink then drive.” Thats easier said than done which has been proven by many who will have that on their record for the rest of thier lives.
18. September 2009 at 02:16
I completely agree with this. My friends and I would certainly go out more if we did not have to worry about who was going to drive.
However, it is hard for the cab companies to lower their prices due to the price of gas, a driver’s wages, and the cost of maintenance on the cars.
Maybe instead of spending all this money on DUI checkpoints, the city could work out some kind of system with local cab companies.
21. September 2009 at 21:17
When looking through the blogs, this blog especially caught my attention. I work at Ultra in Naples and I see hundreds of people leaving the club all the time, and half of the crowd have been drinking all night long. I watch as all those people get into their cars and drive away. There are taxi cabs that do park right at the front of the club, but I never really witness any costumers going in them. I feel that it would be a great and safe idea for the City of Fort Myers to donate money so that cab fair could be cheaper for college students. If it was, I think less people would drive home, and more would ride in a taxi. I also feel that even though the price of the taxi may be cheaper, the taxi business would sky rocket.
22. September 2009 at 21:41
I don’t know how it would work at FGCU, but other colleges and universities have school or student run/sponsored taxi services which shuttle students from bars and other places back to dorms and nearby neighborhoods. Student programs may be run by volunteer “designated drivers” who can be called upon to pick up intoxicated students and take them home. I think it might be a good idea to propose a program like this rather than trying to lower taxi fares. Taxi companies have many costs like another commenter mentioned which need to be covered by fares; they are unlikely to lower their costs enough to suit college students.
1. October 2009 at 05:16
I would like to play ‘devils advocate’ with a few comments that I have on your blog. First off great job on the blog, in my opinion. You seem passionate about your topic. I would like to correct you though on the ‘City of Fort Myers’ part. The City of Fort Myers actually does not encompass all of Lee County, in fact the City’s jurisdiction ends near Page Field with some entities near Six Mile Cypress. Your gripe would have to be taken up with the respective counties (Lee or Collier). Also, the funds that are used (at least recently) for DUI checkpoints are provided by the state. Local authorities like to soak up those funds to increase department incomes. Unfortunately, our area is a victim of urban sprawl and public transportation still has not hit the big time. Typically, demand has to precede supply in the business world. So, until cabs are used on a more frequent and regular basis, cab companies probably wont increase services or decrease fares. Also, college student or not, DUIs are much more expensive both in the financial and reputation sectors than a cab fare. Split the costs among friends! Cheers and drink responsibly!