Life / Why do poles drink & drive? [82]


Hi lukasz
this is interesting. would you say that your drinking habit is represenative of the polish drinking culture in the uk?

Life / Why do poles drink & drive? [82]


very intertesting...perhaps people go into holiday mode, because they are in a different country....hadnt thought of that before...
thank you

Life / Why do poles drink & drive? [82]


i think as with any country, lower classes tend to drink more and are more reckless. the wages for manual labour in the uk is very attractive to the lower classes in poland and attracting a high number of manual workers, and this is where the problem may lie

thank you

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another good point, we forget that when people arrive in this country there are 100's of new rules to learn, not just ones about drink driving and yes, the existing drink drives ads will have little impact if they cant understand. no its not a case of everybody having a disregard for uk laws, but a lack of understanding

thank you

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thats a good point. there is a definate need for raising awareness of our laws. we are distributing welcome packs, translated into polish, informing new arrivals of the laws at polish recruitment companies. this is a first port of call for new arrivals so will good to educate them as soon as they arrive to reduce risk

Life / Why do poles drink & drive? [82]

of course - english are among the worst drinkers in the world!! but we know and have plans in place to recify our native drink drivers.

our focus now is to better understand poland and find a solution to educate new immigrants.
your point about social class is intertesting. another well informed pole highlighted that recent influx of poles into the uk has mainly been manual labour workers, predominatly working class and not represenative of the entire polish community, and may go some way to explaining the high number of poles drinking here and why it isnt reflective of poland as a whole

thank you - very useful

the comments from ronek telling me to grow up and that im from a different planet, when im trying to reduce the dangers for new immigrants

everybody else, as i said has been extreemly helpful

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thank you for your lovely response. it is clear that cross cultral differences exist between countries. i am simply trying to asscertain what they are, to come up with a solution to help educate polish people on the uk drink driving laws, to ensure they are not involved in so many accidents.

it is a fact that 3/10 people on the rehabilatation programme in the uk, are polish so there is an absolute need for this project to be carried out.

i find your comments overtly defensive, aggressive and unnecessary
thank you to everybody else for your help.

Life / Why do poles drink & drive? [82]

hello, thank you for your response.

i totally agree with you bu3/10 people here in the UK on drink drive rehab are polish....

i just think there must be a specific reason for it

thank you for youre repsonse
so do you think its because going out and socialising is a new concept to polish people, so the combination of driving and drinking is a new one, and one that poles dont see as a problem?