Designated Driver Will 100% Be Passing Around A Hat To Cover The 20 Minute Drive To Pres

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Betoota’s most responsible drivers will be forced to go to extreme measures this long weekend to fulfill the role of designated driver.

34 year old Betoota local, Bryce Langdon has been driving his friends to social events for the past two years. 

“Some people think it’s boring but there’s nothing boring about being in control of the music on the way to the party!” Bryce awkwardly laughed.

Rising fuel prices have made drivers like Bryce reconsider the benefits of being the designated driver. 

“Now, if I’m picking up four friends who live in different suburbs and then driving a further twenty minutes to the pres, the kilometers stack up. Don’t want to be that guy but that’s a lot of money to have a shit time at the party.” 

"So I'm just being real with them. Pay up fuckheads. Either chip in or get out"

Some drivers are even asking for payments from passengers to cover the petrol. Josephine Munroe has felt the impact of being the girl that always drives.

“Yeah I pass around a bucket hat at the end of the drive like a street performer after they do a flip” Josephine told the Advocate. 

“I’ll get a couple coins, strips of gum, sometimes the occasional dart, better than nothing.” 

Gen Z driver, Maddy Sinclare, has been using popular money splitting app Beem to get her friends to parties. 

“I usually get around $10 each from four friends. That’s on supply and demand, ya feel?” 

More to come.