MUMBAI: With an aim to spread safety awareness against drinking and driving, Ola had partnered with All India Bakchod and released a new campaign video. The video couldn't have hit the Internet at a more apt time, with end-of-year celebrations just a week away.

The campaign was flagged off on Christmas Day with a series of “drunk” tweets on Ola’s twitter handle. The aim was highlight the dangers of drunk driving through drunk tweets.

This was followed by a video by AIB in association with Ola on how best to welcome 2017. The video features a group of friends at a New Years Eve party when one of them announces he’s leaving. Once they realize he plans to drive, they try to stop him, convincing him to book an Ola if he wants to live to see 2017. In reply, he says 2016 was the worst time, what’s to say 2017 will be any better? The rest of the video features a song recounting everything that happened in 2016 and why 2017 will be much better. The friend is convinced and books an Ola home.

Ola CMO Raghuvesh Sarup said, “This holiday season, we at Ola encourage party-goers to take an Ola instead of driving. Ola’s #Peekematchala campaign has been specially created to encourage people of India to enjoy this holiday season responsibly. We are delighted to be associated with AIB in using a novel way to deliver this message.”

Ola will also have leading Indian celebrities and customers, tweeting their drunken confessions in support of the campaign and looks to reach out to larger numbers and create greater impact through them.

Ola has been, in the past, committed to similar causes. Recently in Delhi, Ola partnered with Hauz Khas Village Association to encourage patrons and visitors of leading pubs and bars in Hauz Khas Village to take a safe and specially discounted Ola cab ride after night out with friends. Additionally, on last New Year’s Eve, Ola deployed more than 500 shuttles to ferry over 10,000 people to their homes from popular hot-spots around Delhi NCR. In Bangalore, too, Ola recently launched a campaign at Church Street Social where they installed the first of a thousand breathalyzers outside the pub to encourage citizens to check their alcohol levels before making the decision to drive. We have also partnered with SABmiller on a similar initiative called ‘Respect the Road’.