Summit County residents can get free or reduced price Lyft rides over the Fourth of July holiday. The program is a way to curb drunk driving.
For the fifth year in a row, the Summit County Prosecutor鈥檚 and Sheriff鈥檚 offices are offering the Arrive Alive program for Independence Day. Every resident can receive up to $20 towards a Lyft ride to use through 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, Community Outreach Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich said. There are 600 one-time-use codes.
鈥淵ou go into your Lyft account, you go to payments, and you can do this right now," Kolkovich explained. "Type in the code: arrivealivejuly4. Get a few bucks on your account you can use to get anywhere in Summit County to any place else in Summit County.鈥�
About 90 people have already deposited the credit into their accounts, according to Kolkovich. In past years the program has been very popular, he said.
鈥淥ver 3,000 people have taken advantage of this program since we started it," he said.
According to the , in car accidents due to alcohol or drugs during last year鈥檚 4th of July reporting period. Drunk driving statistics tend to tick up over holiday weekends, Kolkovich said.
鈥淭here are 28 alcohol-related deaths in the country a day, so you鈥檙e looking at what? More than one an hour? And we see an uptick of alcohol-related traffic incidents over holiday weekends," Kolkovich said.
In a press release, Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh urged residents not to drink and drive.
"I don鈥檛 want those celebrations to turn tragic. My hope is that people use Arrive Alive to get home safely and not put innocent lives at risk," Walsh said. 鈥淚f you have an adult beverage, please don鈥檛 get behind the wheel."
Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree warned that her deputies and other area law enforcement will be out in full force on the 4th of July.
