Uber is offering free rides for the Fourth of July weekend in some South-Central Pennsylvania counties.Uber’s “Sober Ride Home” program offers free ride vouchers for up to $20 to riders in Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry counties. The tip is not included. Riders can claim a voucher now, which can be used between 7 p.m. and 3 a.m. The vouchers are valid starting Thursday night and expire Sunday morning. To claim a voucher or for more information, visit soberridehome.org. Preventing DUI and crashesThe goal of the “Sober Ride Home” program is to provide a transportation alternative that improves safety on local roadways by reducing DUI crashes. “Forty percent of the fatal crashes in our region involve impaired drivers,” Tri-County Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Andrew Bomberger said. “So do 30 percent of serious injury crashes. The goal of Sober Ride Home is to prevent these tragedies over the holiday weekend when folks might be out celebrating.”Bomberger says the hours chosen for the program are the peak times of when the majority of DUI crashes happen.
Uber is offering free rides for the Fourth of July weekend in some South-Central Pennsylvania counties.
Uber’s “Sober Ride Home” program offers free ride vouchers for up to $20 to riders in Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry counties. The tip is not included.
Riders can claim a voucher now, which can be used between 7 p.m. and 3 a.m. The vouchers are valid starting Thursday night and expire Sunday morning.
To claim a voucher or for more information, visit soberridehome.org.
Preventing DUI and crashes
The goal of the “Sober Ride Home” program is to provide a transportation alternative that improves safety on local roadways by reducing DUI crashes.
“Forty percent of the fatal crashes in our region involve impaired drivers,” Tri-County Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Andrew Bomberger said. “So do 30 percent of serious injury crashes. The goal of Sober Ride Home is to prevent these tragedies over the holiday weekend when folks might be out celebrating.”
Bomberger says the hours chosen for the program are the peak times of when the majority of DUI crashes happen.
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