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Partying Tonight? Call a Cab—or It Could Cost You

Toast the Irish for St. Patrick's Day, but make sure you have a sober ride home.

With St. Patrick’s Day here, especially on a Saturday, you better not test your luck when it comes to drunken driving. 

Driving drunk or buzzed tonight could cost you a pot of leprechaun’s gold—up to $10,000 in legal fees, court costs and increased insurance rates.

Here are six ways to help prevent buzzed driving in your community this St. Patrick’s Day:

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  1. Post this St. Patrick’s infographic (in the photo section) on your blog or Facebook page
  2. Before drinking, plan ahead and designate a sober driver
  3. If you’re impaired, call a taxi, sober friend or family member, or use public transportation so you are sure to get home safely
  4. Use your community’s sober ride program
  5. If you happen to see a drunk driver on the road, don’t hesitate, contact local law enforcement
  6. 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 their destination  safely

Keep the roads safe for everyone this St. Patrick’s Day by spreading the word that buzzed driving is drunk driving. Call a cab instead. Here are a few local options: 

  • American Eagle Taxi and Transport, serving Gloucester Twp.  856-324-3514
  • Blackwood Cab Co., Clementon  856-232-8294
  • Cabs R Here, serving Gloucester Twp.  856-310-0888
  • Colonial Transport, serving Gloucester Twp.  856-942-0297
  • Eagle Express Cab Co., Clementon  856-435-1255
  • Jazz Cab, Cherry Hill  856-373-6920
  • Lindenwold Taxi, Lindenwold  856-435-6111
  • Loyalty Cab, Lindenwold  856-435-2002
  • Mickey Cab, Voorhees  856-343-5815
  • Suburban Taxi Co., Blackwood  856-227-0700
  • United Taxi, Somerdale  856-627-4637

-- Information provided by Home Front Communications

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