Super Bowl Sunday Is Another Good Excuse to Drink Heavily

Someone call this A-hole a cab

​To many people, Super Bowl Sunday is a holiday -- a time to gather with friends and family, eat tons of calorie-packed food, and booze until you can't stand anymore.

And like any other holiday (except for Thanksgiving?), police are warning imbibing football fans not to get behind the wheel if they have hit the bottle too hard come Super Bowl Sunday. To be sure, cops will be out in force, including a sobriety checkpoint scheduled for 8:30 p.m. on Sunday at the intersection of Lombard and Divisadero.  The checkpoint will continue through 3 a.m. on Monday.

For those of you who are hosting Super Bowl parties this weekend, Sgt. Neil Swendsen has some advice for you:

"Make sure all your guests designate their sober drivers before kick-off or help arrange ride-sharing with other sober drivers," he said.

Believe it or not, Swendsen says there can be an incentive to staying sober through the game. "Treat the designated drivers well; give them the best seats to watch the game, and the first passes at the buffet table," advises Swendsen.

More importantly, make sure their cars aren't blocked by those drunks when it's time to leave.

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