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More than 30,000 people have signed a petition calling for bars in Nashville's famous boozing district to call cabs for drunk punters, in honor of a student who died after a night out in the city last month.

As of Tuesday afternoon, 30,925 people had joined the call to action over the death of Riley Strain, 22, a student who vanished during a bar crawl with his friends on March 8 and was found dead 14 days later.

They want a law requiring Nashville bars to call cabs for drunk and disoriented customers.

'Let's not let Riley's tragedy end in vain,' says the petition. 

'We were all young once and made choices, such as over-drinking … It is a business owner's responsibility for safety, not only at their establishment, but also for their customers' to leave safely.'

Strain was partying with his University of Missouri fraternity brothers when he was asked to leave Luke's 32 Bridge, a bar on Broadway, an entertainment district known for honky-tonks and live country music, in the Tennessee city.

His body was found in the Cumberland River, and while investigators say he fell in the water while drunk, the Strain family disputes this — and questions remain unanswered as to what caused the sandy-haired 22-year-old's death.

The petition, posted March 24 on change.org, is called Riley's Act.

It seeks action from the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the Tennessee State Senate and the Nashville City Council to tighten the rules on bars when dealing with intoxicated customers.

Some of the petition's signers say they have first-hand experience of the dangers in Nashville.