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On New Year’s Eve 10 nabbed for DWI while 331 take free rides home

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Published on Friday, 11 January 2013 17:56

Albany County’s 29th annual New Year’s Eve Safe Ride Program was available in Albany County beginning at 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and ending at 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day, providing free rides home to revelers who had been drinking.

During that time, 331 taxicabs were dispatched, sponsored by the law firm of Martin, Harding & Mazzotti, and 10 people were arrested for driving while intoxicated, according to a release from Albany County Sheriff Craig D. Apple Sr. and STOP-DWI Administrator Lt. Kerry B. Thompson.

This compares to 2011 when there were six arrested for DWI and no alcohol related crashes.

Since the “Safe Ride Program” began in 1982, thousands have been transported home safely and there have been no alcohol-related fatalities on New Year’s Eve in Albany County.