Get Free Lyft Rides For Cinco de Mayo In Montgomery County

SILVER SPRING, MD — While many people are excited to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, don't risk your life or others when partying in Montgomery County. The nonprofit organization Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) partnered with the ridesharing service Lyft to provide WRAP’s SoberRide service in the Washington-metropolitan area through 2017.

Residents can use the popular and free safe ride service SoberRide from 7 p.m. May 5 to 4 a.m. May 6. This is a way to keep local roads safe from impaired drivers during a traditionally high-risk period.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly a third of all U.S. traffic deaths involve drunk drivers on Cinco de Mayo.

Montgomery County residents age 21 or older celebrating with alcohol can download Lyft to their phones, then enter the code CINCODC in the app's 'Promo' section to receive their no cost (up to $15 fare) safe transportation home. The SoberRide code is valid for both new and existing Lyft users.

While SoberRide provides a free cab ride home up to a $15 fare, callers must pay for any fare over $15.

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.

Last year, 225 persons in the Washington-metropolitan area used WRAP’s Cinco de Mayo SoberRide program rather than possibly driving home impaired. The charity also offers its SoberRide program on St. Patrick’s Day, Independence Day, Halloween and the winter holidays this year starting on December 15, 2017 and operating through and including New Year’s Eve.

Before SoberRide partnered with Lyft, residents used to have to call an 800 number to receive a free cab ride home.

Since 1993, WRAP has provided over 66,000 safe rides home in the Washington area.

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