Give me your keys, you can't drive... Bartender

It will be hard for me to entrust my car keys to anyone I do not know personally. Like for the example you gave, maybe it would be much better if they just get me cab so I could go home safely. No need to left the car keys as well.

You know drunkards are bossy and they never like to be told not to drive in their intoxicated state. I wouldn't want to end up arguing with drunk people as they are rough when drunk and can never talk sense with them. As a pub owner before my only concern was within the perimeters of my pub. The moment the customers step out of the pub they are no concern of mine.

There's a big possibility that the owner of the bar or the bartender is the drunk person's friend. Nobody in their right mind would give their car keys to anyone they didn't personally know. Also, even if the intentions were good, I don't suppose a bartender, who is a complete stranger to you, would have the guts to do that. I guess he'll just mind his own business.

I do not drink not I go to any bars or pubs in my country. It is quite common to see boys getting drunk in the bars ( as shown on TV) and not fit to drive. Yes I did hear that police posts so many of its men at every point in N Delhi during New year eve to catch drunk drivers. So if the bars can make sure you reach home safely is good for everyone. I think some high class bars in Delhi do this.

I don't think that it happens here in our country. I think a bar owner would rather call on the cops than get a cab for the customer.

In America, the bartender is legally required to not serve anyone who has had too much to drink. This would mean that it is their responsibility to monitor their customer's drinking and stop serving before they are inebriated and it also means if someone walks into the bar and is already drunk, they must refuse service. (I don't know how this would work out if push came to shove and the customer were in an accident after having had drinks at a bar. It seems, unless the behavior was very noticeable, the bartender could claim to not have known.) It is not required to ask for car keys, nor are we required to give them. They are not required to call a cab, although it would seem to be morally correct.

A good one will, but some drunks are better at hiding it than others...

I have never known that any bars will have such a thoughtful service. But some customers may not appreciate to it. After all, the cars belong to the customers and they should keep the car keys. And I wonder whether the bar will have enough staff to take care of so many customers. Such as calling a cab for them when they see them leave.

It is safer to drive in a public transport back home if one is too drunk to drive. Our bars here do not have enough staff that they can afford to drop their customers home. Its safer keeping the car and going home by taxi.

Hi shavkat, Yes many bars in my country let you use the hotel cab to drive you back home but you have to pay for that. On new year and on festivals those bars does let you have this option to take you home in hotel Cab.This way you don't get caught by cops while driving back home and reach home safely.

hi, i will agree with you,now a days many people become more aggressive,and there is no such type of person here,no one trust other people easily especially when the owner of the bar ask for the keys of a drunk man,no one knows whats the plan and what is in his mind.

well in a way its good at the other time and also the same concern ,you feel that you cant drive,but i think we must never trust him

I have never been drunk in a bar...thank the Lord. To me bars are no place to be for any reason unless it happens to be also a place to eat and that is what you are there for.

I do not go to bar nor I drink liquor. But every day i come across with a news of accident due to drunk & drive. First I don't understand why people drink liquor which makes them unconscious. In that case if the bar owner or bartender keeps keys of vehicles of his customers and by calling cab or making any arrangement to set-off them to their house is the best thing he does. Because of which rate of accidents will reduce and moreover their business will also increase as the Police Authorities hold drunken drivers and arrest them.

I think it's a good idea and I wonder whether we, the fellow drinkers, could not do the same and take the car keys away! There would be one less drunken driver on the road, so it would be safer for all of us!!

THey do this during the holidays but not the rest of the year. THey don't care like they used to. I always went out with a designated driver so I didn't have to worry about it. Now days there are just too many people and they don't care about one another like they used to.

I've never been into a bar where the bartender would take the keys away from their patrons who were clearly intoxicated. However, I do remember partying with my best friend and her family when I was younger and I remember her father taking my keys from me if I was going to be drinking. Now I was at a bar a little bit over a week ago and though the bartender didn't take away his patron's keys, he did announce that if someone was too intoxicated to drive, he would pay ten dollars out of his pocket to pay for the cab ride home for the patrons.

It is not advisable to pass our car keys to a stranger especially when we are partly unconscious or drunk to avoid the unnecessary troubles as below: 1. The car's keys can be duplicated and the car can be stolen anytime. 2. The car can be driven by other person to involve in any criminal or any other legal issues and the owner has to responsible to all of the consequences later. 3. The car will not be taking care well and the owner has to bear all of cost of the damage. In my suggestion, a bartender should sent a drunk driver home by cab and the car key must be kept by the car owner too.

I would appreciate if the bartender would call a cab for me but definitely, I would not let my car keys to him for security reason. And honestly, I do not see any good reason for leaving my keys to him.

In our place if you are drunk we have a hotline that you can call. They come with drivers in whichever bar you are in and they will be the one to drive you home, of course with your car. Only for those with rides, I think it is a great idea to have this in your place as well.