Show me the way to go home - Manchester Freshers alert.
Students are putting themselves in danger by being too drunk to get home.
Thousands of students across Greater Manchester and Cheshire are being urged to carry ID on Freshers' nights out - not just to get into clubs but to get them home.
Research for insureTAXI shows cabbies regularly have to deal with passengers who have drunk too much on a night out and can't remember their address. Recently the firm carried out a survey which revealed the overwhelming majority of taxi drivers (77%) had picked up passengers - both male and female - who can’t remember or communicate where they’re going due to consuming too much alcohol.
Half of drivers have had passengers pass out completely in the back seat and nearly 60 per cent of drivers have had to clean up the mess from those unable to stomach their booze. Over half (57 per cent) have had to take passengers to hospital and 1 in 10 has even had to perform first aid on a passenger. PL