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As A “Safety Net” Needed Even During A Pandemic, Nonprofit Offering Free St. Patricks’s Day Lyft Rides To Prevent Drunk Driving Nearly Half (42%) Of U.S. Highway Deaths During St. Patricks’s Day Involve Drunk Drivers Washington, DC, March 4 – While stating unequivocally that it preferred that people not go out on St. Patrick’s Day during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, a local nonprofit organization today announced that – as a “necessary safety net” to this month’s high-risk, high-alcohol consumption period -- free safe rides will be offered to would-be drunk [...]

Greater Washington Anti-DUI Group Urges Safety On Super Bowl Sunday Nearly Half of All U.S. Traffic Deaths On Game Day Involve Drunk Drivers Falls Church, VA, Jan. 29 - While the continuing COVID-19 pandemic will put a dent on Super Bowl gatherings this year, as many as one-in-four U.S. adults say that they will still be attending parties for the big game leading a local anti-drunk driving organization to urge the public to have a game plan to prevent drunk driving during this year’s “Super Bowl Sunday.” During Super Bowl [...]

DUI Fatalities Increase in Greater Washington While Related Crashes, Injuries and Arrests Decrease New data released in 2020 “How Safe are our Roads” Report Washington, DC, December 28– Alcohol-related crashes, injuries, and drunk driving arrests all decreased in the metropolitan Washington area in 2019, according to the 28th-annual “How Safe Are Our Roads?” Report prepared by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) for the Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP). However, alcohol and/or drug-impaired traffic fatalities increased during this same period. There were 90 alcohol and/or drug-impaired traffic fatalities recorded [...]

As a “Safety Net” Needed Even During a Pandemic, Nonprofit Offering Free New Year’s Eve Lyft Rides to Prevent Drunk Driving MORE THAN A THIRD (39%) OF U.S. HIGHWAY DEATHS DURING NEW YEAR’S INVOLVE DRUNK DRIVERS Washington, DC, December 28—While stating unequivocally that it preferred that people not go out on New Year’s Eve during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, a local nonprofit organization today announced that – as a “necessary safety net” to this week’s high-risk, high-alcohol consumption holiday -- free safe rides will be offered to would-be drunk drivers [...]

23rd ANNUAL EVENT HONORS LOCAL POLICE IN FIGHT AGAINST DUI *** VIDEO OF TODAY’S VIRTUAL CEREMONY VIEWABLE AT https://youtu.be/o6Bs9JsUZak *** Washington, DC, Dec. 11 – Eighteen (18) Washington-metropolitan area police officers were cited today for their “outstanding commitment in the fight against drunk driving in Greater Washington” and presented with the area’s 23rd-annual “Law Enforcement Awards of Excellence for Impaired Driving Prevention.” Bestowed this morning, virtually, due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) presented its 2020 Law Enforcement Awards to: • Officer Anggelo Suarez [...]