Don’t Rely on Luck: Designate a Sober Driver this St. Patrick’s Day 
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March, 12, 2020
Don’t Rely on Luck: Designate a Sober Driver this St. Patrick’s Day
Novato, Calif. – If you plan to have a few cheers for St. Patrick’s Day, remember to plan ahead and have a designated sober driver take you home.
St. Patrick’s Day celebrations are one of the biggest drinking nights of the year, which makes it all the more important to let someone who has not been drinking take you home.
To help keep the public safe, Novato Police Department will have extra officers on patrol this St. Patrick’s Day weekend, looking for drivers suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.
In 2018 alone, 73 people were killed in drunk-driving crashes over the St. Patrick’s Day holiday weekend.
“If you need to ask yourself whether you are okay to drive, the answer is probably not,” Officer Lomax at the Novato Police Department said. “We want people to have fun, but also to be responsible. Part of that responsibility is arranging a safe way to get home.”
If you plan on drinking, designate a sober driver, take a ride-share or use public transportation to get around.
If you ever see a drunk driver on the road, call 911.
For additional information, please contact:
Officer J. Lomax
[email protected]
415-897-4361
Address/Location
Novato Police, CA
909 Machin Ave
Novato, CA 94945
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 415-897-4361
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