On the night of 23/24th June Latvia will celebrate "Jāņus" - ancient national tradition to celebrate the shortest night of year, being awake all night in nature at bonfires and drinking beer. And here starts the problem - you have to drive a car to get from countryside back to the city, and many do it in drunkenness state - that's why sometimes after Jāņi celebrations there are many road accidents and even fatalities. Road Traffic Safety Directorate every year before Jāņi starts anti-alcohol campaigns and this year they have placed a huge bed in the very centre of Riga with appeal to sleep off drunkenness before drive. As other options drawed on the bed there are offered - "loss of driver's licence", "death" and "prison".

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