How Do You Choose A Designated Driver?
For a concept that barely existed two or three decades ago, designated drivers are now de rigueur for New Year’s Eve parties or, for that matter, any occasion where folks drive somewhere and do lots of drinking. However, choosing a designated driver is rarely as simple as gathering your friends together before a party and going “eeny, meeny, miney, mo.” Here’s how to go about it the right way. Don’t just “take turns,” if no one is pregnant, an AA veteran, or volunteers. In an ideal world, everyone would be equally capable of abstaining from alcohol in the midst of a wild shindig. However, you know that some of your pals are heavier partiers than others, and it would be foolish (as well as unfair) to name them the designated driver. On New Year’s Eve, especially, this task should fall to the most trustworthy person, no matter if he was the designated driver at the Christmas party two weeks ago. Show some respect. Being the designated driver isn’t all that much fun to begin with, and it’
