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Santa Fe County DWI Program Cab Ride Home Service Provided Wednesday

The Santa Fe County DWI Program is offering a subsidized $5 Cab Ride Home for one or two riders and a $10 cab for three or more on Wednesday, November 26 from 5:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.

Celebrate Thanksgiving by NOT drinking and driving. The Santa Fe County DWI Program wants everybody to Think SaFe, don’t drink and drive. Take a Cab Ride Home instead. The Santa Fe County DWI Program subsidizes the Cab Ride Home Program with funds generated by the New Mexico Liquor Excise Tax. The program is thankful for the thousands who chose to take a cab each year instead of getting behind the steering wheel and driving under the influence of alcohol.

The subsidized Cab Ride Home service is offered every Friday and Saturday night and select holidays from 5:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Crash and arrest data show this is typically when more drunk drivers are on the road. The Cab Ride Home program, along with a concerted public awareness campaign to remind people to not drink and drive, and enhanced and coordinated law enforcement activity are shown to be effective in lowering drunk driving crashes and fatalities.