Sober Rides for St. Patrick's Day. Any place. Any time. Across Georgia.
For St. Patrick's Day, the Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) in Georgia wants to make sure that you arrive alive from your party in 2012.
To help keep Georgia safe, GOHS has created with safety partners across the state a list of contacts for sober rides to make sure that you and your friends and family get home safely this season.
Big Game Free Ride Providers
Across Georgia for St. Patrick's Day, there will be a wide variety of taxi companies and designated driver services providing rides home for those in need of a sober driver. For an up to date listing of available services, click on:
Drive Sober, Georgia Free Ride Home Providers
2012 NOTE: CERTAIN DESIGNATED DRIVER COMPANIES AROUND THE STATE WILL BE CHARGING A FEE FOR THEIR SERVICES. ALL NEW VERSIONS OF THE IPHONE AND ANDROID APP WILL NOTE FEES IN ALL UPDATES (IN ADDITION TO THE WORD VERSION). PLEASE CONFIRM WITH ANY SERVICES USED.
ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CALLER/USER TO VERIFY COSTS (WHETHER FREE OR NOT) WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL PROVIDER.
Download the Georgia Sober Ride App for the iPhone and Android
For St. Patrick's Day, GOHS has created both an Android and Apple iPhone application which allows Georgians to have mobile access to organizations around the state providing free rides home for those who are impaired by alcohol. Whether you are an individual who needs a ride, a party host needing a ride for a guest, a bar or restaurant needing rides for customers, these apps will help you through the process.
To download the app, go to:
Android Market (for non-Apple products)
UPDATE: A NEW VERSION OF THE APP IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE ANDROID MARKET WHICH SHOULD ALLEVIATE ANY PREVIOUS COMPATIBILITY ISSUES ON OLDER ANDROID MODELS. IN ADDITION, THE NEWEST APP SHOULD BE SMALLER AND MORE COMPACT FOR YOUR NEEDS.
iPhone Application (through iTunes Store)
To view a simulation of the application, click on:
Drive Sober, Georgia simulation
Why you need the free ride--Zero Tolerance in Georgia
Sober Ride Georgia is part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over program to keep drunk drivers off the roads of Georgia.
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over is Georgia's high visibility enforcement program that targets impaired drivers through concentrated patrols and sobriety checkpoints. Police officers, sheriffs deputies and state troopers will work together to protect everyone from impaired drivers during this busy time of the year. The Georgia program is part of the national campaign to eliminate drunk drivers.
To learn more about Drive Sober and Get Pulled Over and highway safety programs in Georgia, visit gahighighwaysafety.org.