AAA Texas Offers Free Tipsy Tow Service for Christmas - New Year's Holiday; Anti-Drinking and Driving Statewide Campaign.IRVING, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to -- AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. Texas is offering its free Tipsy Tow service to drivers who drink during the Christmas - New Year's holiday. The service gets underway at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 24 and wraps up at midnight, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005. The Tipsy Tow program, now in its 18th year, is designed to provide drivers with a way to get home safely if they have been drinking. The first ten miles are free. Here is how it works: --Drivers, holiday hosts and bartenders dial AAA Texas' toll free number at 1-800-AAA-HELP or 1-800-222-4357 to request Tipsy Tow service. --AAA Texas dispatches a tow truck and; --The driver is driven -- and the vehicle towed -- home for free up to 10 miles. (up to 2 people can ride in the tow truck) Callers need to keep in mind that the service is restricted to the driver's residence. Drivers can expect to pay the rate charged by the tow truck contractor for rides farther than ten miles. "More than five million Texans are expected to travel for the Christmas-New Year's holiday, with 86 percent of those driving to their destination," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "In an effort to keep the roadways safe, we encourage motorists who plan on celebrating with alcohol to please make sure they have a designated driver designated driver Public health A person at a social function who volunteers, or is 'volunteered' to chauffeur inebriated revellers chez elles at festivity's end. Cf Squash it. or to utilize our Tipsy Tow service." Tipsy Tow is a statewide service that is being offered in Austin, Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, in Christianity Corpus Christi [Lat.,=body of Christ], feast of the Western Church, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday (or on the following Sunday). , Dallas, El Paso El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. , Fort Worth, Galveston, the Greater Houston Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown is a 10-county metropolitan area defined by the Office of Management and Budget. It is located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas. area, and San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. . AAA Texas, an affiliate of AAA National, has been serving Texans since 1902. Today, more than a million AAA Texas members benefit from the organization's roadside assistance service, travel agency, financial products, insurance products and services, automotive pricing, buying and financing, trip planning services, and traffic safety programs. Information about these products and services is available on AAA Texas' Web site at www.aaa-texas.com. |
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