AAA’s ‘Tipsy Tow’ Will Get You and Your Car Home Safely Over Labor Day

NEWS from AAA Oklahoma Aug. 30 – If you or someone you care about feels unsafe behind the wheel after a Labor Day party, a ride home plus a tow for that person’s car are available from AAA, at no charge.

AAA estimates 365,600 Oklahomans will drive 50 miles or more from home over the Labor Day weekend, nearly nine per cent more than over Labor Day, 2009. To access AAA Oklahoma’s Labor Day Travel news release, click here.

AAA Oklahoma’s “Tipsy Tow” program is a community service project, running over the long Labor Day weekend in seven metropolitan areas of the state: Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Ardmore, Lawton, Enid, Shawnee and Muskogee.

The service is free to AAA members and non-members alike. Tipsy Tow starts at 6 p.m. this Friday, Sept. 3, and ends at midnight Monday, Sept. 6.

“Over holidays like Labor Day, up to 40 percent of all fatal crashes in Oklahoma involve alcohol,” said Chuck Mai, spokesman for AAA Oklahoma. “When you’re drinking, the first thing to be effected is your judgment and unfortunately, many holiday partiers climb behind the wheel when they shouldn’t. With Tipsy Tow, everyone, including the vehicle, gets home in one piece.”

To request Tipsy Tow, call 1-800-AAA-HELP (222-4357) and ask for Tipsy Tow. AAA will provide a free tow and free ride home, no questions asked, within a 15-mile radius from the point of pickup, for the vehicle and up to two people.

“We offer Tipsy Tow now over all the major holiday periods in Oklahoma,” said Mai. “It’s an expensive program for us because the club absorbs all the costs, but we sincerely hope it gets a lot of use. Lives can be saved if people will just step back, think it over and call Tipsy Tow instead of making what could be a fatal mistake.”