On 2017-01-07 12:13 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 1/7/2017 7:21 AM, wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Why not? It is actually illegal?
>>
>> They used to cut the prices - often by half - during 'happy hour' and
>> all the stats showed some people would regularly gulp down all they
>> could and then proceed to drive home. DUI stats after happy hour
>> ended used to zoom. It was an excellent move to cut it out.
>>
>
> Depends on who you ask
> http://time.com/money/3962972/states-ban-happy-hour/
> A 2005 study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
> meanwhile, began by acknowledging, €œHappy hours, drinking contests, "all
> you can drink specials, and the like encourage over-consumption by
> reducing prices, a potent inducement to drinking large amounts of
> alcohol in short time periods.€� But at the time researchers found only
> one study, conducted in Ontario, Canada, that directly tried to evaluate
> if people actually drank less after happy hour bans went into effect.
> Their findings? €œNo significant decline in alcohol consumption was
> observed following the ban.€�


Happy hours had been banned here for some time and apparently were
allowed again, but they cannot advertise it as happy hour or post that
drinks are cheaper.

When I was in Winnipeg in the mid 1970s, beer parlors had to shut down
for a couple hours at dinner time. Apparently it was to discourage men
from sitting around drinking and so they would have to go home to their
wives and families for supper, and that would make it less likely for
them to go back out drinking later.

There have been a lot of changes in all the liquor regulations over the
last 40 years. No more men's parlors and separate ladies and escorts
rooms. We now have what we used to call New York style bars where you
can go in for a drink and not have to spend an equal amount on food.
Drinking and driving laws are much stricter and penalties much higher.
People serving alcohol have to take a training course and be certified
so they know some of the laws and liabilities they face. They cannot
serve anyone who is already intoxicated and cannot serve people enough
to become intoxicated.