This weekend kicked off the season for this year's festivals. Most of the events are held at the fairgrounds which are about 5 miles out of town,but since there isn't adequate parking there they have several parking areas in town where a person can leave their car and ride a shuttle to the fairgrounds. It sounds logical so far but (you knew there was a but coming didn't you?) most of the festivals feature adult beverages and unlike bars where the server knows how much they have served a person, the festivals consist of booths so people wander through sampling the wares and with few exceptions end up blotto. When it comes time to leave the festival where do they go? back to their cars. This is where things can quickly go bad since alcohol impairs judgement most of the people are going to get off the shuttle and climb into their cars and drive to their destination. My question is why don't they have shuttles that stop at the motels that way taking the decision away from the impaired until the next morning? Never mind that if the police were so inclined watching the parking areas would be an excellent way to write DUI tickets,not that I'm saying that is done.
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