British PSA: Don't Get Drunk and Fall Under a Train This Holiday

A sobering warning from the Transport Police

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The British Transport Police are airing closed-circuit video recorded earlier this year of a drunk woman slipping underneath a train as part of a campaign designed to illustrate the dangers of excessive drinking this holiday. Are folks really primed to imbibe more alcohol at this time of year? I wonder why. It's not like spirits companies are knocking us over the head with barrels, beguiling us in bus shelters, reviving the careers of Will Ferrell and Hanson or promising "Christmas quality at Hanukkah pricing."

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