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'RIGA, March 9 (Reuters) - Latvia began seizing cars from heavily drunk drivers
this year, and as hundreds of vehicles began overfilling impound lots, decided
to send them to Ukrainian military and hospitals.
Seven cars were driven in a snowstorm onto a trailer and out of a state impound
lot on Wednesday, destined for Ukraine.
Two hundred cars were taken from drivers found with blood alcohol levels over
0.15% in two months in the Baltic nation of 1.9 million people.
"It's actually very scary when you realise how many cars are driving around
with drunk drivers," said Reinis Poznaks, founder of the NGO known as Twitter
Convoy which has been tasked by the government to deliver the vehicles to
Ukraine.
The two-dozen confiscated cars the state has promised to hand him each week to
send to Ukraine will test the limits of his largely volunteer operation,
Poznaks said.
"No-one expected that people are drunk-driving so many vehicles, they can't
sell them as fast as people are drinking. So that's why I came with the idea –
send them to Ukraine," Poznaks said.'
Via Christoph S, who wrote "So kann man das Problem auch lösen!" [This is how
you solve the problem!]
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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