This New Year’s Eve, 31st December 2011 The National Drug Council (NDC) is pleased to announce that the Purple Ribbon Bus will run from 10pm to 3am. The Purple Ribbon Bus programme has been made possible through sponsorship from Greenlight RE who has very generously donated the funding for this initiative.
For over ten (10) years the NDC has partnered with local businesses and restaurants to coordinate the Designated Driver Programme and the New Year’s Eve Purple Ribbon Bus service during the Holiday Season. The community continues to respond tremendously to the free buses on New Year’s Eve, which was established to assist in reducing the number of drinking and driving incidents on our roads. Drink driving wrecks lives, it can lead to arrest, imprisonment, loss of driver’s license, and ultimately being responsible for taking someone’s life.
Thanks to the support of Greenlight RE, the free buses will begin operating at 10pm on New Year’s Eve and party goers will again be able to utilize the Purple Ribbon Buses to get around Grand Cayman. Eight Reid’s Premier Tours buses will be travelling a regular route from West Bay to Bodden Town on New Year’s Eve between the hours of 10:00 pm and 3:00 am. Look for the Reid’s Premier Tour Buses with Purple Ribbons and magnets. The buses will run on regular intervals and will pick up passengers at all major restaurants, bars, nightclubs and at regular bus stops along the route. The Purple Ribbon Buses will also be operating to and from East End and North Side.
Executive Director Joan West-Dacres stated, “We continue to be extremely grateful for the private sector donors who support initiatives such as this one. We were able to increase the buses from five in 2010 to eight buses in 2011!! There is really no excuse for drinking and driving this New Year’s Eve.”
Be safe, be SMART, don’t drink and drive!
Designated Driver Program 2011
This year there are 19 participating restaurants, bars and clubs where people who identify themselves as a Designated Driver to their server, can receive free non-alcoholic drinks all evening and a free purple wristband bracelet.
“It’s a great program and we are thankful to the participating establishments for doing their part in cutting down drink driving this holiday season, despite the economic climate.”