Every year Brit’s head off the slopes looking for a mixture of skiing and alcoholic lunches but every year as a result a few dozen return to Britain hurt or even dead.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has decided to launch a new campaign that aims to target holiday makers with the message ‘don’t drink and ski’ to reduce the amount of people killed out of the country on the slopes of Italy, Switzerland and particularly France,
As part of the campaign new posters will be hung at popular ski resorts, airports, and stations that warn Britons of the dire effects of alcohol at high altitudes and that slower reaction times on the slopes can lead to incidents that will destroy a holiday.
The problem was brought to light by a new study by the government that showed about 33% of all skiers under the age of 25 were involved in accidents that were caused by drinking while on ski holidays.
The Lyons France, British consulate stated that every year there are about 30 Britons under the age of 25 who die in the French Alps.
Head of Albertville hospital orthopaedic surgery in the Alps, Nedjib Benammar, stated the majority of skiing accidents happen after lunch time with fatigue or alcohol consumption playing the largest role. He proposed that a limit be placed on skiers in the same way that drink driving is illegal.
Currently in France the only law that exists is that if a skier causes an accident while drunk they can be prosecuted.
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