4th of July: State offers discount Lyft rides at Delaware beaches to fight DUIs
Brandon Holveck
The Delaware Office of Highway Safety will be providing discounted Lyft codes at the beaches during Fourth of July week to limit the number of impaired drivers on the road.
Last year 38 people died in incidents relating to DUI, and there were nearly 4,000 DUI arrests and 1,000 DUI-related crashes in Delaware. Twenty-nine of those crashes occurred during the week of July 4.
According to the state, a DUI arrest can cost up to $10,000 when including attorney fees, fines, court costs, lost time at work, higher insurance rates, car towing and repairs. It could also result in the loss of a driver's license and, in Delaware, up to one year in prison.
Initially starting on June 30, the Office of Highway Safety is now providing Lyft codes worth up to $15 in value for rides in Lewes, Rehoboth Beach, Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach and Fenwick Island as part of the program SoberLift.
Soberlift is modeled after a similar Washington, D.C. program called SoberRide.
Text "saferide" to 99000 for a link to a list of Delaware taxi companies and download links for Lyft and Uber.
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Contact Brandon Holveck at bholveck@delawareonline.com.