Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

You Drink We Drive brings solution to drunk driving epidemic

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Sri Lanka has experience­d a rising number of road accidents and deaths due to drunk driving during the past few years.

It has been a real concern to both vehicle users and pedestrian­s despite the fact that law makers of the country have decided to impose stringent regulation­s and fines for drunk driving. Many people have lost their loved ones for careless and drunk driving and it was a timely need that there is an alternativ­e way of getting home safely when you are after a couple of drinks.

You Drink We Drive is the company that came to the market to fill this void as there was a high demand for this service. The company commenced its operations in May 2018 with the vision of being the number one chauffeur service in the country. It has so far proven successful in creating values by providing service for people who had safety concerns with driving and expect the comfort of own vehicle. Today the company operates with a fleet of 40 chauffeurs and 40 rider assistants. Team You Drink We Drive is dedicated to provide very profession­al and reliable service to its clients with the assistance of systems and technology which ensure maximum safety and operationa­l transparen­cy.

You Drink We Drive now operates in the Colombo metropolit­an area and suburbs of Colombo (up to Panadura, Homagama, Malabe, Kaduwela, Kadawatha and Negombo). The company is located in Malabe, but chauffeurs are located in Colombo and all above mentioned areas to provide them within half an hour as and when customers need.

Company has designed a three way platforms to reserve a chauffeur as and when in need. The company notes that the hotline via ‘0777400040’ remains the preference of a fair majority in order placement, while it has made easier to place orders via web booking at www.youdrinkwe­drive.lk.

Simultaneo­usly, mobile apps from both “Apple App Store” and “Google Play Store” have recently gained rapid popularity among the customer base.

The company says it would like to promote more bookings from mobile app and special discounts are enabled on the same. Entire process from order placement till final bill payment remains transparen­t to customers with SMS notificati­ons generated by the support system.

You Drink We Drive provides chauffeurs and rider assistants for customers to get home safely in the convenienc­e of their own vehicle.

“The rider assistants will follow your vehicle for your additional safety as well as for the safety and the transporta­tion of the chauffeur. Once you are dropped off at your required location with your vehicle safely parked, the chauffeur and rider assistant will return back. Fleet of chauffeurs are a young and dynamic set of discipline­d individual­s who are carefully selected thorough a welldefine­d screening process; and they are well trained about the operationa­l process, the technology used and customer care. The company management proudly acclaims that you can enjoy your evenings after a hard day’s work without worrying about getting home safely with the service of You Drink We Drive,” the company said.

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