The Governor's Highway Safety Association awarded the Governor's Office of Highway Safety a $20,000 grant to fund Lyft ride credits during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Lyft account holders can enter the discount code GAGOHS2023 in the app or scan the QR Code to receive a one-time $20 ride credit.
The credit can only be used for rides in Georgia from the hours of 9:00 p.m. through 6:00 a.m. between now and Tuesday, Jan. 2.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 36 percent of people killed in crashes on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day from 2017 through 2021 involved a driver who had a Blood-Alcohol Concentration higher than the state's legal limit of .08.
81 percent of the drunk driving crashes in Georgia on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day from 2017-2021 involved a driver whose BAC was twice the legal limit, NHTSA reports.
GOHS encourages those planning to include alcohol in their holiday to plan ahead to ride with a sober driver.
