JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Did you know that the holiday dedicated to celebrating all things Irish is the No. 3 most popular drinking day of the year, and No. 1 for drinking beer? Sláinte! (Or to your health!, the Irish "cheers.")
If you indulge in too many green beers or Irish whiskey this St. Paddy's Day, AAA wants to make sure you have a safe ride home. The auto club is activating its Tow to Go program from 6 p.m. Thursday, March 16th to 6 a.m. Monday, March 20th.
Drivers can call (855) 2-TOW-2-GO or (855) 286-9246 and a tow truck driver will give them and their vehicle a ride to a safe location within a 10-mile radius.
The service is free, but it should be treated as a backup plan. Additional passengers will need to make other arrangements -- only one passenger can ride with each vehicle.
AAA Tow to Go has removed more than 25,000 impaired drivers from the road.
Approximately one-third of all traffic crash fatalities in the United States involve drunk drivers, the release says. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 28 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes every day – that’s one person every 52 minutes.