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Over 300 Use Local SoberRide Program on Cinco de Mayo
Over 300 Use Local SoberRideⓇ Program on Cinco de Mayo DC AREA’S DUI PREVENTION EFFORT REACHES “OVER 90,000 SERVED” MILESTONE Tysons VA, May 13 –Over 300 (306) persons in the Washington-metropolitan area used the free safe ride service, SoberRideⓇ on a rainy Cinco de Mayo (May 5) as opposed to possibly driving home drunk. “For its hours of operation this Cinco de Mayo, this level of ridership translates into SoberRide removing a potential drunk driver from Greater Washington’s roadways approximately every two-and-a-half minutes” said Kurt Erickson, President of the nonprofit [...]
Summer Months Usher in Deadliest Period for Teen Drivers
Summer Months Usher in Deadliest Period for Teen Drivers Greater Washington Nonprofit Urges Parental Involvement to Prevent Underage Drinking Tysons, VA, May 9 -- Citing the fact that the summer months usher in that contiguous period (May – August, 2016 - 2022) when the greatest number of U.S. teen traffic deaths occur [i], a Washington-metropolitan area alcohol education group is urging parental involvement to combat both underage drinking and drunk driving this summer. The Tysons-based, nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) is providing area parents of teens with Ten Tips [...]
Free Cinco de Mayo Lyft Rides Offered Throughout Greater Washington to Prevent Drunk Driving
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 16 -- Preparing to combat that time of year when, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, over a 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 during next month’s Cinco de Mayo celebrations. Offered by [...]
Maryland General Assembly Applauded for Passing Bill to Close Loophole in Drunk Driving Prevention Ignition Interlock Law (Noah’s Law)
Maryland IID Coalition Sine Die 2024 FINAL PDF news release (1)
Over 500 Use Local SoberRide Program on St. Patrick’s Day
Over 500 Use Local SoberRide Program on St. Patrick's Day DC AREA’S DUI PREVENTION EFFORT REMOVES POTENTIAL DRUNK DRIVER FROM AREA ROADWAYS EVERY 85-SECONDS ON ST. PAT’S Tysons VA, March 22 – Over 500 (503) persons in the Washington-metropolitan area used the free safe ride service, SoberRide®, on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) as opposed to possibly driving home drunk. “For its hours of operation this St. Patrick’s Day, this level of ridership translates into SoberRide removing a potential drunk driver from Greater Washington’s roadways every 85-seconds,” said Kurt Erickson, [...]
Free St. Patrick’s Day Lyft Rides Offered Throughout Greater Washington to Prevent Drunk Driving
Free St. Patrick's Day Lyft Rides Offered Throughout Greater Washington to Prevent Drunk Driving NEARLY HALF OF U.S. TRAFFIC DEATHS ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY INVOLVE DRUNK DRIVERS Tysons, VA, February 26-- Preparing to combat that time of the year when according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) , nearly half (44%) 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 St. Patrick's Day celebrations. [...]
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