That's Fit

I heard it on the radio yesterday, the news flash revealing that some police officers in Canada are parking themselves at fast-food drive-thru windows in order to catch drunk drivers. Why go fast-food? Because law enforcement officials kept hearing from drive-thru employees, "You should be here late at night." And because who doesn't like to eat after consuming too much alcohol?

Project WULF -- stands for "would you like fries?" -- puts cops right in the drive-thru booths where they can pick up on slurred speech and can sniff out the smell of liquor. When suspicions mount, the observing officer advises a second officer who stops the vehicle as it departs.

Already, a number of impaired-driving charges and roadside suspensions have been issued as a result of Project WULF. But does this make it a good venture? One of my morning radio co-hosts says it's a great thing. Getting drunk drivers off the road is critical, he says. His partner says it's totally unfair, a form of entrapment even. What do you think?

As a rule, young men tend to get into more accidents than women and these tend to be more serious and result in more fatalities. Excessive speed is a common cause of these traffic wrecks. I'm a girl but I'll readily admit that when I was younger I definitely enjoyed testing the speed limit from time to time. I try to keep this in check now that I'm both older and, after losing a friend (who was only 19 and a male, by the way) in a car accident, wiser.

So the question is, how do you get young and inexperienced drivers, especially male ones, to slow down? They're taking a unique and somewhat dark approach in Australia with ads that show women insinuating that men who drive too fast have small, er, well, you know.

The country used to promote save driving by showing images of gory car crashes caused by speeding but the group that created the adverts believes that, as young men are increasingly desensitized to bloody images due to horror films and violent video games, the old ads weren't getting through. Now they're hoping to convince the guys to slow down by saying that those who race around behind the wheel are overcompensating because they have small penises.

It's an interesting approach to go after their sense of pride but I'm not so sure it will work. What do you think? And can you think of a similar idea that would work for girls who have a lead foot?