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1Feb, 2023

Greater Washington Anti-DUI Group Urges Safety on Super Bowl Sunday

February 1st, 2023|

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 Tysons, VA, Feb. 1 - 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 2020, nearly half (49%) of all U.S. traffic fatalities involved alcohol-impaired drivers according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System [...]

9Jan, 2023

Over 900 Use Local SoberRide® Program on New Year’s

January 9th, 2023|

Over 900 Use Local SoberRide® Program on New Year's DC AREA'S DUI PREVENTION EFFORT REMOVES POTENTIAL DRUNK DRIVERS FROM AREA ROADWAYS EVERY 23-SECONDS ON NYE Washington, D.C., Jan. 9 – Over 900 (907) persons in the Washington-metropolitan area used the free safe ride service, SoberRide®, this New Year’s (from 10:00 pm on December 31, 2022 through 4:00 am on January 1, 2023) as opposed to possibly driving home drunk. “For its hours of operation this New Year’s alone, this level of ridership translates into SoberRide® removing a potential drunk driver [...]

16Dec, 2022

Greater Washington Law Enforcement Lauded For Fight Against Drunk Driving

December 16th, 2022|

Greater Washington Law Enforcement Lauded For Fight Against Drunk Driving 25th ANNIVERSARY EVENT HONORS LOCAL POLICE IN FIGHT AGAINST DUI Washington, DC, December 16 -- Sixteen (16) 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 25th-anniversary “Law Enforcement Awards of Excellence for Impaired Driving Prevention.” Bestowed this morning at a regional ceremony held in McLean, Virginia, the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) presented its 2022 Law Enforcement Awards to: Officer Michael Raines  [...]

12Dec, 2022

Free Holiday Lyft Rides Offered Throughout Greater Washington to Prevent Drunk Driving

December 12th, 2022|

Free Holiday Lyft Rides Offered Throughout Greater Washington to Prevent Drunk Driving NEARLY HALF OF U.S. HIGHWAY DEATHS DURING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S INVOLVE DRUNK DRIVERS Washington DC, December 12 -- Preparing to combat that time of year when, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly half of all U.S. traffic deaths involve drunk drivers (39%, Christmas; 49%, New Year’s Day – NHTSA, 2020), a local nonprofit organization announced today that free safe rides will be offered to would-be drunk drivers throughout the Washington-metropolitan area during the winter [...]

6Dec, 2022

Alcohol and Drug-Related Traffic Fatalities Decrease in Metropolitan Washington

December 6th, 2022|

Alcohol and Drug-Related Traffic Fatalities Decrease in Metropolitan-Washington New data also shows increase in alcohol-related injuries, crashes and arrests Washington, D.C. (December 6, 2022) – The number of alcohol and drug-related traffic fatalities decreased by 10-percent between 2020 and 2021 in the metropolitan Washington area, according to the 30th-annual "How Safe Are Our Roads?" report prepared by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) for the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP). Meanwhile, the number of alcohol-related injuries, crashes, and arrests all increased during the same period. The ten-percent decrease in [...]

15Nov, 2022

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