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PAULA ABDUL claims she's never, ever been drunk. Was she drunk when she said that...
...famous for mass water-pistol fights and - with millions of Thais visiting their families - insanely busy highways. During last year's festival, 360 people died in road accidents and 4,794 were injured. The main cause? Alcohol. Some 80% of road accidents during long holiday periods are due to drunk driving, a senior Thai health official said recently...
...midnight. But Thailand's alcohol-control act has changed little. Take Songkran deaths: in 2007, 361 people died on the roads during the festival; in 2008, with the act in force, 360 died - only one life saved. More people are killed by drunk driving in Thailand in two weeks than in Britain in an entire year...
...First, forget about quick-fix, feel-good bans and start enforcing the laws you already have. In Britain, drunk driving causes 16% (rather than half, as in Thailand) of road deaths, thanks to a combination of strong policing, heavy penalties and shocking public-awareness campaigns. A three-day booze ban over Songkran will change nothing. Better policing will...
...radio gem, it becomes apparent that Bareilles’ music is nothing to dance to. Seriously, listen to the five-track set, which represents some of Bareilles’ most popular work. Lots of emotion and love (what? I hate emotion…) might leave you burning off the drunk you’ve built up all afternoon...