BAKERSFIELD,CA- As we count down to the new year, local law enforcement remind you there's never an excuse to drink and drive. But there are several businesses offering safe rides home.
"Watching her take her last breath and hearing my daughters screaming," said Michael Benge.
That's Benge's last memory of his wife, Jada, who was killed by a drunk driver, nearly ten years ago.
This New Years Eve, businesses around Bakersfield remind you to not drink and drive.
Get Bus is offering free rides on all of their routes between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. Tuesday.
"This will be the fifth year that we've done this and we just decided that we wanted to do our part and help the community be a little bit safer on an evening that is you can be sometimes be unsafe," said Get Bus supervisor Jill Snitch.
AAA is sponsoring the Tipsy Tow program Tuesday beginning at 6 p.m. and ending at 6 a.m. Wednesday with some restrictions.
"We're not going to tow you to another facility where you can drink some more. We're not going to tow you to a repair facility. The entire intent of the program is to tow you back to your place of residence so you can get home safely," said Chere Smith, AAA Bakersfield.
Cars can be towed up to seven miles for free any distance after that there is a charge but you do not have to be a AAA member to use the service.
Advance Beverage Company has once again partnered up with United Taxi to provide the Budlight Designated Driver program.
The annual program gives free taxi rides Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. anywhere in the Bakersfield metro area.
Here's a list of numbers for those programs.
Get Bus- 869-2438
AAA- 800-222-4357
United Taxi- 637-1616
"Watching her take her last breath and hearing my daughters screaming," said Michael Benge.
That's Benge's last memory of his wife, Jada, who was killed by a drunk driver, nearly ten years ago.
This New Years Eve, businesses around Bakersfield remind you to not drink and drive.
Get Bus is offering free rides on all of their routes between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. Tuesday.
"This will be the fifth year that we've done this and we just decided that we wanted to do our part and help the community be a little bit safer on an evening that is you can be sometimes be unsafe," said Get Bus supervisor Jill Snitch.
AAA is sponsoring the Tipsy Tow program Tuesday beginning at 6 p.m. and ending at 6 a.m. Wednesday with some restrictions.
"We're not going to tow you to another facility where you can drink some more. We're not going to tow you to a repair facility. The entire intent of the program is to tow you back to your place of residence so you can get home safely," said Chere Smith, AAA Bakersfield.
Cars can be towed up to seven miles for free any distance after that there is a charge but you do not have to be a AAA member to use the service.
Advance Beverage Company has once again partnered up with United Taxi to provide the Budlight Designated Driver program.
The annual program gives free taxi rides Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. anywhere in the Bakersfield metro area.
Here's a list of numbers for those programs.
Get Bus- 869-2438
AAA- 800-222-4357
United Taxi- 637-1616