A number of bev/al suppliers and others are offered free rides home through the Washington Regional Alcohol Program’s 2021 Cinco de Mayo SoberRide program.
During SoberRide’s hours of operation this Cinco de Mayo, area resident’s age 21 and older celebrating with alcohol may download the Lyft app to their phones, then enter a SoberRide code in the app’s “Promo” section to receive their no-cost (up to $15) safe transportation home. The Cinco de Mayo SoberRide promo code will be posted at 3 p.m. on May 5 on www.SoberRide.com.
Over a-third of U.S. traffic fatalities during Cinco de Mayo involve drunk drivers, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
During the 2019 Cinco de Mayo period (COVID-19 prevented last year’s offering), 792 people in the Washington-metropolitan area used WRAP’s SoberRide program rather than possibly driving home impaired. WRAP also offers the SoberRide program on St. Patrick’s Day, Independence Day, Halloween and the winter holidays.
SoberRide is offered throughout Lyft’s Washington D.C. coverage area which includes all or parts of: the District of Columbia; the Maryland counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s; and the Northern Virginia counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William.