The Washington Regional Alcohol Program’s (WRAP) St. Patrick’s Day SoberRide program offers free Lyft rides to keep drivers from drinking and getting behind the wheel. The service is available from noon Sunday, March 17 until midnight Monday, March 18. Nearly half of the U.S. Highway deaths on St. Patrick’s Day involve drunk drivers.
Use the Lyft App on a smartphone to receive a free ride home, then enter a code in the app’s “Promo” section. The promo code will be posted on the SoberRide website at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Participants must be 21 or older to use the SoberRide service.
Last year, 904 people in the Washington metropolitan area used WRAP’s St. Patrick’s Day SoberRide program instead of possibly driving home impaired.
According to a news release, WRAP’s SoberRide, founded in 1982, has helped ensure that residents of greater Washington, D.C., have a safe way home on high-risk holidays. Since 1991, WRAP has provided over 89,222 safe rides home. Currently, SoberRide operates on Cinco de Mayo, Independence Day, Halloween, and the winter holidays including New Year’s Eve.
