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Friday, 10 September 2010 16:00

You the Man. Now Take a Cab

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Eager to keep the streets of Gotham safe from drunk drivers, transportation officials in the Big Apple have created an iPhone app that makes finding a cab so easy even the drunkest fool can do it.

The app is called “You the Man” — we’re not making that up — and it uses

the iPhone’s built-in GPS to find the nearest city-licensed cab no matter where you are in the five burroughs. It also provides directions to the nearest bus stop or transit service for those who drank away their last dollar.

“The technology in the ‘You the Man’ app knows exactly where you are, even if you don’t, and it provides practical, safe options for getting home for people who decide to drink,” city transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said in a statement. Sadik-Khan calls the app a form of “drunk dialing” people won’t regret in the morning.

If you’re not sure whether you’re too drunk to drive, you are. But just to be sure, the app includes a blood alcohol level calculator.There’s also a “spin the bottle” game to help choose your designated driver before you start knocking them back.

Next up — the Walk of Shame app for those trying to find the way home the next morning.

Photo: Jack Delano / Library of Congress. Shipyard workers knock back a cold one after work in this photo from December, 1940.

Authors: Jason Kambitsis

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