It's Your Lucky Day - You Designated a Sober Ride Home!

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
10 March 2016

It's Going To Be Your Lucky Day...

Because you designated a sober driver.

Planning St. Patrick's Day festivities? Don’t forget to plan for a sober ride home after the celebration! Volunteer to be the sober driver; plan for a sober ride home; make room for your guests to spend the night; collect the keys—in short, do what it takes to ensure a safe and fun-filled St. Patrick’s Day. Because Buzzed Driving is drunk driving, and drunk driving kills. In 2014, there were 18 people killed in drunk driving crashes on St. Patrick's Day. Let's work together to remind everyone to plan ahead and have a safe and fun holiday.

For starters, we invite you to join our Twitter chat on March 16, 2016, from 3 - 4 p.m. where we will provide stats and information on buzzed driving prevention. Experts will be available to answer questions while you are able to spread the word and encourage your followers to plan ahead and not drive buzzed. We also have plenty of additional resources available for you to help spread this life-saving message far and wide.

Who: NHTSA and our team of experts

What: St. Patrick's Day Buzzed Driving Twitter Chat

When: Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 3 - 4 p.m. ET

Where: www.twitter.com/NHTSAgov

How: Follow the conversation using the hashtag #BuzzedDriving. Feel free to mention @NHTSAgov in any of your tweets and we will get back to as many questions and comments as we can! Remember to include #BuzzedDriving in your comments so others can follow along the conversation, too.

Invite your friends and followers to join us and help spread the important message about designating a sober driver and not getting behind the wheel while buzzed. Buzzed driving is completely preventable. All it takes is a little planning. So this St. Patrick's Day, don't rely on your luck, plan for a safe sober ride home.