Free Sober Rides Offered During Halloween Weekend In DC Region

WASHINGTON, DC — For those heading to Halloween-themed parties with alcohol, there is an option to get a safe ride home in the DC region. As Halloween is one of the high-risk holidays for drunk driving, the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program will bring back its SoberRide program on Halloween weekend.

Between 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.29 and 4 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 30, residents 21 and older can use a promo code to receive a Lyft ride up to $15. In 2021, 777 residents in the DC region used the promotion during the Halloween holiday period.

"Nearly half of U.S. traffic fatalities during Halloween involve drunk drivers according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration," said Kurt Erickson, WRAP’s president, in a statement. "Halloween is of particular concern for younger drivers as 2020 NHTSA data shows that 68-percent of drunk driving deaths on U.S. roadways during the fall holiday involve drivers ages 21 to 34."

The code will be posted at 3 p.m. on Saturday at www.SoberRide.com. Residents can download the Lyft app and enter the SoberRide code in the app’s payment tab under the "Add Lyft Pass" option to receive the $15 credit.

The promotion applies to Lyft's DC region coverage area, which includes the District of Columbia, Arlington County, Fairfax County, cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park, parts of Prince William and Loudoun counties, Prince George's County and parts of Montgomery County, including towns within the county.

The Washington Regional Alcohol Program also offers the SoberRide program during the St. Patrick’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, Independence Day and winter holidays. Since 1991, the program has provided 82,735 safe rides home to keep impaired drivers off the roads.

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Sponsors of the Halloween SoberRide program are the 395 Express Lanes, Amazon, Anheuser-Busch, Beer Institute, Brown-Forman, Constellation Brands, District of Columbia Association of Beverage Alcohol Wholesalers, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Foundation of Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, Giant Food, Glory Days Grill, Kendall-Jackson, Lyft, Molson Coors Beverage Company, New Belgium Brewing, Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington and the Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association. Other partners in 2022 are the District of Columbia Department of Transportation, Maryland Highway Safety Office/Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration and Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.