Staff Reporters
Nov 21, 2012

Leave car home to avoid drunk driving: Singapore Traffic Police campaign

SINGAPORE - Singapore Traffic Police, together with STCars of Singapore Press Holdings, has launched a campaign reminding people that if they don't take their car when they go out for an evening of drinking, they can't possibly drive drunk in order to get home.

The new anti-drinking and driving campaign
The new anti-drinking and driving campaign

The campaign, which spans print, road banners and television, reinforces the message of not driving drunk. It also goes a step further and urges people to leave their cars behind when they head out to drink.

The first print campaign was published on Wednesday in the Straits Times and The New Paper as well as certain Chinese papers. The television and radio spots will break in December.

Singapore-based creative agency Goodfellas worked on the campaign. “We are all too familiar with the statement 'don’t drink and drive',” said agency founder Patrick Low. “Except when we drive to drink, chances are, we will drive home.”

The Singapore Traffic Police has been launching anti-drink and drive campaigns since 1989. STCars is the new title-sponsor for this annual campaign.

Last year’s campaign has proven to be beneficial with the total number of drunk-driving accidents dropping from 105 last year to 79 this year, figures from the Traffic Police revealed. Fatalities were also down from 15 to 12.

For STCars the association is timely considering its revamped look on November 20. The portal now has a new  buy-sell-rent platform for dealers and motorists. Previously, Singapore Press Holdings had rehauled STJobs, STProperty and ST Classifieds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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