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Local drunk driving deaths, however, are on the rise Washington, D.C. (January 28, 2019) – Alcohol-related crashes, injuries, and drunk driving arrests all decreased in the metropolitan Washington area in 2017, according to the new “How Safe Are Our Roads?” Report prepared by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) for the Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP). The report was previewed at the COG Police Chiefs Committee meeting last week. However, alcohol and/or drug-impaired traffic fatalities increased during this same period. There were 86 alcohol and/or drug-impaired traffic fatalities recorded [...]

LOCAL DRUNK DRIVING DEATHS, HOWEVER, ON THE RISE Washington, D.C., Jan. 23 – Alcohol-related crashes, injuries and drunk driving arrests all decreased in the Washington-metropolitan area in 2017. During this same period, however, alcohol-impaired traffic fatalities increased according to a report released today by the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP). In 2017, Greater Washington recorded 86 alcohol and or drug-impaired traffic fatalities – a 46-percent increase in such deaths from the previous year. Those findings are contained in WRAP’s 26th-annual “How Safe are Our Roads? Annual Data Report on [...]

NEARLY HALF OF ALL U.S. TRAFFIC DEATHS ON GAME DAY INVOLVE DRUNK DRIVERS  Falls Church, VA, Jan. 22– While the teams, site and time have been finalized, a local anti-drunk driving organization is urging the public to also develop a game plan to prevent drunk driving during this year’s “Super Bowl Sunday.” During Super Bowl Sunday 2017, nearly half (48%) of all U.S. traffic fatalities involved alcohol-impaired drivers according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (see NHTSA chart below). “With nearly half of all U.S. traffic deaths being caused [...]

Greater Washington Anti-DUI Program's Ridership More Than Triples Using Ridesharing Platform Washington, D.C., Jan. 3 – A record over 1,500 (1,502) persons in the Washington-metropolitan area used the free safe ride service, SoberRide®, this New Year’s (from 8:00 pm on December 31, 2018 through 4:00 am on January 1, 2019) as opposed to possibly driving home drunk. “For its hours of operation this New Year’s, this level of ridership translates into SoberRide® removing a potential drunk driver from Greater Washington’s roadways every 19-seconds,” said Kurt Gregory Erickson, President of the [...]