ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 AAA wants to help in the effort to keep impaired drivers off the road this Fourth of July holiday.<\/p>\n
The auto club will reactivate its \u201cTow to Go\u201d program from July 3-6.<\/p>\n
The program was created to provide safe transportation for impaired drivers who are in a bind.<\/p>\n
It works by dispatching a tow truck driver to meet up with a person who is unfit to operate their vehicle.<\/p>\n
The tow truck then transports that person and their car to a safe location within a 10-mile radius of the pickup spot.<\/p>\n
\u201cTow to Go provides a last-resort option that can prevent a tragedy before it happens and ultimately save lives,\u201d AAA\u2019s Mark Jenkins said.<\/p>\n
The free, confidential service is available to both members and non-members of AAA.<\/p>\n
But AAA asks that it be used only as a backup plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cTow to Go is there if you need it, but it\u2019s not a substitute for proper planning,\u201d Jenkins said. \u201cThe safest choice is always to arrange a ride before you go out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tow to Go will operate from 6 p.m. on Friday, July 3 through 6 a.m. on Monday, July 6.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the number to call if you\u2019re in a pinch and need a ride:<\/p>\n
(855) 2-TOW-2-GO or (855) 286-9246<\/p>\n
Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n \u00a92024 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 AAA wants to help in the effort to keep impaired drivers off the road this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[11246,135742,36489,147,145,28,135746,135741,135747,139,141,140,135745,135740,119857,135744,144,146,135743],"class_list":["post-328785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-aaa","tag-aaa-helps-drunk-drivers","tag-aaa-tow-to-go","tag-central-florida","tag-channel-9","tag-florida","tag-free-tow-truck-ride-aaa","tag-how-can-i-get-home-aaa","tag-july-4-aaa","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-rides-for-drunk-people-orlando","tag-safe-ride-home-orlando","tag-tow-to-go","tag-tow-to-go-phone-number","tag-wftv","tag-wftv-channel-9","tag-when-is-tow-to-go-running"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}