[doc1019]

I see the complete demise of an American icon … the local tavern … or perhaps, the beginning of a new cottage industry, the professional designated driver?

[doc1019]

Excuses me, I meant …Canadian icon. Forgot which country I lived in for a minuet. Same will be true in US before long.

[abishai]

"perhaps, the beginning of a new cottage industry, the professional designated driver?"

What a cool, new concept! Maybe give him a cool designation, like "taxi" driver! ;)

[pawdoggie]

I see the complete demise of an American icon … the local tavern … or perhaps, the beginning of a new cottage industry, the professional designated driver?

Maybe local pub owners (out of a sense of self-preservation) could create what the WWII French Army called "de-ethalyzation rooms", where patrons could lock themselves in, but would have to blow a certain BAC, and pass a hand-eye coordination test, to get out.