Brazil proposes alcohol restrictions to address drunken driving

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Pravda/Associated Press

Brazil proposes alcohol restrictions to address drunken driving
05/24/2007 12:33
Source: AP ©

Brazil's government is seeking to ban the sale of alcohol along highways and limit beer advertisements on television in a bid to reduce traffic fatalities and alcoholism in a nation know for its partying.

The government plans to put a bill to Congress for approval that would ban TV beer ads between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. and restrict the use of images of young people or sports in the ads, Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao said. The bill would also ban alcohol sales on highways.

"We're not restricting the consumption of alcohol - that is culturally accepted," he said. "Everyone drinks, Brazilians drink. ... The government strategy is 'damage control,' not prohibition."
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Government statistics show that 61 percent of all traffic accidents last year in Brazil's four major cities involved the consumption of alcohol.



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[Demeter]

1. And Here I Thought They Were Putting It All In Their Gas Tanks Now!

Maybe export the surplus for big bucks, instead of drinking it?

[youngdem]

2. That's a tall mountain to climb down there

The whole coast is Bourbon Street from Recife to Rio.