Towing is one solution to the driving impaired problem.
Seibert’s Towing, a Richmond Virginia firm, is running a new “Toast’d Tow” program that returns drivers and their cars home for just $50 between 10pm and 4am. The drunken driving program operates seven nights a week, giving holiday revelers another option for getting home safely – car included. Delivery of drivers and vehicles outside the city limits incurs an additional $1.50 per mile charge.
“Around the holidays, people often find themselves in situations where they can’t drive home safely,” says Randy Seibert, President of Seibert’s Family of Companies.
“With our new Toast’d Tow program, you don’t need to worry about taking a taxi home at the end of the night and coming back for your car the next day. Our towing company cares about the community and getting people home safely.”
Each December, automobile accidents involving impaired drivers occur much more frequently. In the past five years combined, the Commonwealth of Virginia had over 1,360 DUI fatalities.
Nationally, impaired driving and its consequences can alter or destroy lives and property. This reckless behavior not only includes drunk driving, but also the growing problem of drugged driving. Drugs, including those prescribed by a physician, can impair judgment and motor skills. Towing is one solution to the problem.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
