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Saturday, May 31, 2025

5 things you should NOT do during the fete season

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Staff Writer
2295 days ago
20190216

Veda Bissram

1- Do NOT drink and dri­ve—When you get be­hind the wheel of a car drunk, you are risk­ing your life and the lives of every­one else on the road­way, don’t do it. Po­lice have al­so stepped up ef­forts to breathal­yse er­rant dri­vers dur­ing the Car­ni­val sea­son and if you do not want to face a hefty fine and pos­si­bly a jail sen­tence, you should avoid drink­ing and dri­ving at all costs. There are nu­mer­ous safe al­ter­na­tives, in­clud­ing hir­ing a dri­ver, des­ig­nat­ing a dri­ver who is not drink­ing or us­ing one of the many ride-share apps that are avail­able lo­cal­ly.

2- Do NOT wine with­out per­mis­sion—It’s 2019 and no one, men in­clud­ed, is keen to be gy­rat­ed on by strangers. So while the rev­el­ry may be sweet, re­spect peo­ple’s rights and do not touch, jam, squeeze or grind with­out per­mis­sion or you could face a $4,000 fine and up to two years in jail for com­mon as­sault.

3-Do NOT pick up some­thing/any­thing—Yes, we might all en­joy Mr Kil­la’s mega hit Run With It, but when the song comes blast­ing out of fete speak­ers and you’ve al­ready had a few drinks, don’t do it. The T&T Po­lice Ser­vice is­sued a stern warn­ing ear­li­er this week, ad­vis­ing cit­i­zens that they can be like­ly charged with lar­ce­ny for “run­ning with it”, so it’s best not to take the chance and end up be­fore a mag­is­trate be­cause of it.

4- Do NOT go to events or play mas alone—With an ever-in­creas­ing mur­der rate and the TTPS on “red” alert be­cause of it, par­ty­go­ers and mas­quer­aders should avoid go­ing out to fetes or on the road alone. Crim­i­nals can pounce at any time and while be­ing with friends may not guar­an­tee your safe­ty, be­ing in a group may dis­cour­age po­ten­tial at­tack­ers and keep you safe while you par­ty.

5- Do NOT ac­cept drinks from strangers—Date-rape drugs can eas­i­ly be slipped in­to your drinks so al­ways be aware, don’t ac­cept drinks from strangers and use a cov­ered ma­son jar if you can—the cap will en­sure no one can slip any­thing in­to your glass with­out you notic­ing.


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