Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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-22 by Brent Gipson SafeRiel : New routes decreased After a long night out in Aggieville, the last place most students wanted to be was pulled over by a law enforcement officer for driving under the influence. To prevent this, the university implemented a system to transport students to their homes. SafeRide provided a free, safe ride home to individuals who lived within the city of Manhattan and along the confines of the fixed-route system. Funding for SafeRide was provided through campus privilege fees, which were tacked at 21324.93 per credit hour and distributed by the Student Governing Association. When SafeRide was first introduced to the university in 2003, the service functioned as an on-call taxi service system. In order to get a ride to their homes, students had to call the SafeRide phone number and wait for a taxi to show up. SafeRide, the Student Governing Association and the taxi company that worked with SafeRide collaborated and compiled data to find out where the most common stops were in Manhattan. While the new system saved miles for the taxi company, it came at a cost of convenience for some customers. Keeping students from drinking 84 driving waiting times Victoria Hatch, SafeRide director and junior in sociology and psychology, said that one of the benefits of the fixed-route system is a significant decrease in waiting time. uPeople had complained that the wait could be anywhere from 30-45 minutes before they got a ridef, Hatch said. With the new system, the longest you would have to wait is I5 minutesf' Concerns of the fixed route system also involved the safety of customers who had to walk a distance from the SafeRide drop off point to their homes in an inebriated state. Customers, such as Hannah Brooks, junior in family studies and human services, lived off the corner of Laramie and Iuliette and found the service convenient. Her home is steps away from a SafeRide drop-off point. How lucky are we that SafeRide drops us off at our house?,' Brooks said. 'KI knew I moved into this house for a reasonfl SafeRide was created to save lives and prevent injuries and damage to property by offering students a safe alternative to The newsetup People had complained that the wait could be drunken driving and other is terrible,',Iohn Onywhere fmm minutes before YOU Q01 threatening situations. Roberts, sophomore in O ride. Vvnh the new System! The longest you According to the National agricultural technology WOM is minutes- Highway and Traffic Safety management said. We should have just called our DD lDesignated Driverl. I donit know why we didn'tf' Every 15 minutes, buses showed up at the K-State Student Union and proceeded to make stops in increments of two to three minutes. The i'purple route circled Aggieville, the neighborhoods on the east side of campus and the Derby complex, while the uwhiten route provided service to the neighborhoods on the west side of campus, the Iardine Apartments and the residence halls at the Kramer Dining Center. Victoria I-latch, SafeRide director Administration, driving while intoxicated was the No. I killer of young adults ages I6 to 24 in 2009. SafeRide started operating in August from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. uSafeRide hopes that people will use our services instead of making the decision to get behind the wheel when they are drunkf, Hatch said. 'Although we can't cater to everyone, we hope that people will see our service and think of calling a designated driver or bring a designated driver to their festivities instead of choosing to drink and drivefl