Top 7 Tips On Not Driving Drunk Despite Holiday Temptation

Holiday periods show higher incidences of alcohol-impaired driving crashes, so the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Ad Council make these recommendations to avoid trouble—and perhaps tragedy:

• Plan a safe way home before the festivities begin
• Before drinking, designate a sober driver and leave your car keys at home
• If you’re impaired, use a taxi, call a sober friend or family member, or use public transportation to get home safely
• Use the community’s sober ride program (see list below)
• If you see a drunk driver on the road, don’t hesitate to contact your local law enforcement
• Remember Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving
• If you know people who are about to drive or ride with someone who is impaired, take the driver’s keys and help them make other arrangements to get to where they are going safely.

More tools from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Ad Council to help you live through the New Year:

• Designated Driver Drink List—If you’re throwing a party, make sure to offer non-alcoholic drinks for the sober drivers. Here's a Facebook tab with 50 non-alcoholic party drink recipes.

• Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving website: Play a video game that simulates the effects of buzzed driving. Watch a real-life video about how buzzed driving changed one woman’s life.
• Alternative Ride Locator—A Facebook tab with a list of nationwide alternative ride programs to call.

St. Louis Area
Dependable Designated Drivers
Phone: 314-361-4444
Hours: 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Sun-Wed; 8 p.m.-3 a.m. Thurs-Sat
Details: A driver drives you home in your own car

Scooter Guy
Phone: 314-255-1800
Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon; 9a.m.-10p.m. Tue-Wed; 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Thu 9; a.m.-3 a.m. Fri-Sat; 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Sun
Details: A driver drives you home in your own vehicle

St. Louis Designated Driver
Phone: 314-330-6598
Hours: 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Mon-Sun
Details: A driver drives you home in your own vehicle