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Free Cinco de Mayo Lyft Rides Offered Throughout Greater Washington to Prevent Drunk Driving OVER A THIRD OF U.S. TRAFFIC DEATHS ON CINCO DE MAYO INVOLVE DRUNK DRIVERS Tysons, VA, April 20 – Preparing to combat that time of year when, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration figures, more than one-third (36%) of U.S. traffic deaths involve drunk drivers,* a local nonprofit organization announced today that free safe rides will be offered to would-be drunk drivers throughout the Washington-metropolitan area on Cinco de Mayo. Offered by the nonprofit [...]

Nearly 600 Use Local SoberRide® Program on St. Patrick's Day DC AREA’S DUI PREVENTION EFFORT REMOVES POTENTIAL DRUNK DRIVER FROM AREA ROADWAYS NEARLY EVERY 73-SECONDS Tysons VA, March 23 – Nearly 600 (591) persons in the Washington-metropolitan area used the free safe ride service, SoberRide®, on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) as opposed to possibly driving home drunk. “For its hours of operation on St. Patrick’s Day, this level of ridership translates into SoberRide removing a potential drunk driver from Greater Washington’s roadways nearly every 73-seconds,” said WRAP President Kurt [...]

Free St. Patrick's Day Lyft Rides Throughout Greater Washington to Prevent Drunk Driving OVER ONE-THIRD OF U.S. TRAFFIC DEATHS ONPATRICK’S DAY INVOLVE DRUNK DRIVERS Tysons, VA, Mar. 2 — Preparing to combat that time of the year when, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration figures, more than one-third (34%) of U.S. traffic deaths involve drunk drivers,* a local nonprofit organization announced today that free safe rides will be offered to would-be drunk drivers throughout the Washington-metropolitan area on St. Patrick’s Day. Offered by the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol [...]

Over 1,200 Use Local SoberRide® Program during the Super Bowl Tysons VA, February 12 – Over 1,200 (1,228) persons in the Washington-metropolitan area used the free safe ride service, SoberRide® during last weekend’s Super Bowl game as opposed to possibly driving home drunk. “For its hours of operation during the Super Bowl, this level of ridership translates into SoberRide removing a potential drunk driver from Greater Washington’s roadways nearly every 23-seconds,” said Kurt Erickson, President of the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP), the organization conducting the region’s SoberRide® effort. [...]

Free Super Bowl Sunday Lyft Rides Offered Throughout Greater Washington to Prevent Drunk Driving ONE-THIRD OF U.S. TRAFFIC DEATHS DURING SUPER BOWL INVOLVE DRUNK DRIVERS Tysons, VA January 27 – Preparing to combat that time of the year when, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST), one-third (33%, 2023) of U.S. traffic deaths involve drunk drivers,* a local nonprofit organization announced today that free safe rides will be offered to would-be drunk drivers throughout the Washington-metropolitan area during next month’s Super Bowl [...]

Local SoberRide® Program Reaches “100,000 Served” Milestone NEARLY 1,800 USE DC AREA’S DUI PREVENTION PROGRAM OVER WINTER HOLIDAYS Tysons, VA, Jan. 6 – Greater Washington’s drunk driving prevention program, SoberRide®, reached a milestone over the New Year’s holiday – reaching the over “100,000 served” mark. The local free safe ride service, which started in 1991 and is conducted by the three-person staffed, nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP), has now provided 101,287 free safe rides home to would-be drunk drivers in the Washington-metropolitan area as 1,446 persons used the program [...]