Free ride home available for intoxicated drivers over Memorial Day weekend
Wednesday, 26 May 2010 09:55
Written by Staff Reports
AAA Auto Club South and Budweiser will help protect roadways over the Memorial
Day weekend with the Tow to Go program.
Tow to Go is credited with safely
removing more than 11,400 drunk drivers off the roads since it started
in 1998.
Anyone can call for a ‘Tow to Go' ride Friday through Monday, May 28 -
31.
‘Tow to Go'
provides a confidential ride and tow home from any bar or restaurant -
FREE of
charge - to anyone who may have had too much to drink by calling
1-800-AAA-HELP
(4357). Services are now offered throughout all of Florida, Georgia, and
West
and Middle Tennessee.
"Each
summer, Memorial Day call volume increases and we hope it is because
people are
making good choices and deciding not to get behind the wheel when they
have had
too much drink," said Ed Schatzman, senior vice president, Automotive
Services,
AAA Auto Club South. "Ideally people will choose a designated driver
before they
go out to socialize, but if they don't, programs like these exist to
give them
another chance to make the right decision to hand over their keys."
"Whether
heading home from a beach or pool party, a barbeque or just dining out
with
friends, arranging a safe ride with Tow to Go, will help get everyone
home
safely," said Kathy Casso, vice president of Corporate Social
Responsibility,
Anheuser-Busch. "We're proud to partner with AAA to offer this
transportation
alternative to help ensure that everyone has an enjoyable and safe
summer."
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