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Designated Drivers
The mission of Doctors for Designated Driving (DFDD) is to increase public safety through the promotion of designated driving. To achieve this goal, the non-profit organization works with all interested members of the hospitality industry to promote the use of designated drivers. It recognizes cooperating partners for their commitment to public safety through publicity, recognition awards, and events.

What is the deffinition of a designated driver
The definition is simply a person who agrees to abstain from alcohol and be responsible for driving others home. The others are free to drink or not as they choose. Many establishments provide free non-alcoholic beverages to designated drivers and Doctors for Designated Driving works to increase that number.

So how have designated drivers helped others
Designated drivers have probably saved over 50,000 lives and spared hundreds of thousands of people from suffering injury from drunk driving. Over nine out of 10 Americans who attend social events where alcohol is served would like to see designated drivers used. And the proportion of people using or being a designated driver has increased dramatically over time. Each year over 73,000,000 Americans either serve as a designated driver or are driven home by one.

A designated driver helps friends and family to
1. avoid embarrassment
2. keep their drivers licenses
3. avoid fines stay
4. out of jail
5. and prevent senseless injury and/or death

Advantages to the designated driver concept
1. The non-drinker has a legitimate and respected role at a social function where alcohol is served. There is no stigma to abstaining because the designated driver is considered an important member of the group. Being a designated driver can also help legitimize a personal choice not to drink.
2. The designated driver approach prevents driving under any level of impairment because that person consumes no alcohol. It doesn't require a driver or passenger to determine if a person is too impaired to drive.
3. The server or host can offer a positive alternative to drunk driving by encouraging a group to designate a driver.
4. The designated driver concept is easy to understand, simple to implement, costs nothing, and is effective.

The continued reduction in the number of drunk-driving fatalities is strong proof that we all are working together to make a difference. This ongoing commitment to responsibility has been the inspiration for the sponsorship of numerous community programs, a popular speakers bureau, free education and awareness resources, and many other successful programs provided by Anheuser-Busch and its wholesalers. Much has been accomplished but there's still much to be achieved.