Richmond residents may see some unexpected drink driving safety signs on their bags at liquor stores this week.
Two new members of the Richmond RCMP, Constable Gudkova and Sahota, have collaborated with elementary school students to make personalized “don’t drink and drive” signs.
“All new Richmond RCMP officers must be creative and think of a community-oriented project as part of their training,” Cpl. Dennis Hwang told the Richmond News.
The project involved grade five students from a number of local schools including Walter Lee elementary and Richmond Cristian school.
Students helped create art on 80 paper bags from liquor stores with messages warning people to be responsible drivers.
For example, on one of the paper bags, a student wrote in bold colourful letters, “Think about me before you drink and drive. I’m 11.”
Officers have distributed the bags to some private liquor stores. When the public purchases alcohol in these stores, their purchases will be placed into the bags decorated with the warning signs made by students.
Drink driving is one of the major causes of car accidents, according to Hwang. About 6,000 people die from alcohol related driving every year in Canada.
