Designated drivers save lives

Designated drivers have probably saved nearly 50,000 lives and spared many more thousands of people from suffering injury from drunk driving. Each year over 73,000,000 Americans either serve as a designated driver or are driven home by one. A designated driver helps friends and family avoid embarrassment, keep their drivers licenses, avoid fines, stay out of jail, and prevent senseless injury and death.

• The non-drinker has a legitimate and respected role at a social function where alcohol is served.
• There is no stigma to abstaining because the designated driver is considered an important member of the group. Being a designated driver can also help legitimize a personal choice not to drink.
• The designated driver approach prevents driving under any level of impairment because that person consumes no alcohol. It doesn't require a driver or passenger to determine if a person is too impaired to drive.