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Free Holiday Lyft Rides Offered Throughout Greater Washington to Prevent Drunk Driving OVER A THIRD OF U.S. TRAFFIC DEATHS DURING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S INVOLVE DRUNK DRIVERS Tysons, VA December 15 – Preparing to combat that time of year when according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, well over a third (37%: Christmas; 34% New Year’s Day – NHTSA 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 [...]

Greater Washington Law Enforcement Lauded for Fight Against Drunk Driving 28th ANNIVERSARY EVENT HONORS LOCAL POLICE IN FIGHT AGAINST DUI Tysons, VA, December 12 -- Seventeen (17) 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 28th-anniversary “Law Enforcement Awards of Excellence for Impaired Driving Prevention.” Bestowed this morning at a regional ceremony held in Chevy Chase, Maryland, the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) presented its 2025 Law Enforcement Awards to: Alexandria Police [...]

A Record-Shattering Over 4,000 Persons Use Local SoberRide® Program Halloween Weekend DC AREA’S DUI PREVENTION INITIATIVE NEARS “100,000 SERVED” MILESTONE Tysons, VA, October 6 – A record-shattering 4,056 persons in the Washington-metropolitan area used the free safe ride service, SoberRide®, Halloween weekend as opposed to possibly driving home drunk. Last weekend’s ridership was the most ever for a single SoberRide® campaign in the program’s 34-year history. In as much, the local drunk driving prevention initiative -- which started in 1991 and is conducted by the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program [...]

Free Halloween Weekend Lyft Rides Offered Throughout Greater Washington to Prevent Drunk Driving MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF U.S. TRAFFIC DEATHS ON HALLOWEEN INVOLVE DRUNK DRIVERS  Tysons, VA, October 20 – Preparing to combat that time of year when, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), more than one-third (39%, 2022) 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 this month’s Halloween celebrations. Offered by the nonprofit Washington [...]

WRAP Commemorates 43rd Year in Fighting Drunk Driving and Underage Drinking  GREATER WASHINGTON INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS LAUDED FOR THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE Tysons, VA, October 17 – The nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) commemorated its 43rd year fighting drunk driving and underage drinking today via the organization’s 2025 Annual Meeting and WRAPPY Awards ceremony held at the Tower Club in Tysons, Virginia and where is bestowed the following honors: 2025 Community Partnership Award AAA Mid-Atlantic Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments 2025 Law Enforcement Award Metropolitan Police Department (DC) 2025 Youth [...]

Governor Glenn Youngkin Reminds Virginians to Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over in Advance of Labor Day Weekend Virginia's 2025 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign is in full effect as increased law enforcement efforts are taking place across the Commonwealth throughout the holiday weekend RICHMOND, VA – Nearly 200 Virginia law enforcement agencies will conduct 705 individual saturation patrols and 86 sobriety checkpoints across the Commonwealth through the Labor Day weekend as part of Virginia’s Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over DUI enforcement and public education campaign. Last [...]