Ring in the New Year With A Safe Ride Home
McGuinty Government Reminds Ontarians To Always Drive Sober
This New Year’s Eve, plan ahead for a safe drive home and remember to never get behind the wheel impaired.
Ontario has one of the best road safety records in North America and has introduced some of the toughest impaired driving laws in Canada. Despite these achievements, alcohol still contributes to approximately one quarter of all fatal collisions on Ontario roads.
Even if your blood alcohol concentration is less than 0.05, you can still be impaired. Small amounts of alcohol, some prescription medications and illegal drugs can impair judgement and put you and others at risk. To ring in 2012 safely, stay overnight, ride with a designated driver, take public transit or call a cab.
Across Ontario, many communities offer free public transit on New Year’s Eve, including GO Transit and the TTC in the Toronto area, OC Transpo in Ottawa, the London Transit Commission and Greater Sudbury Transit.Operation Red Nose volunteers are active in 15 communities across Ontario to give you a ride home.
QUICK FACTS
- Drivers aged 19 to 21 are almost one-and-a-half times more likely to be involved in drinking and driving collisions than older drivers.
- Getting your blood alcohol concentration back to zero after drinking takes time. Coffee, food or physical exercise will not help you become sober faster.
- Ontario has the lowest drinking and driving fatality rate in North America.
