AAA is offering its Tipsy Tow service for Bay Area residents for the Fourth of July holiday so they don't see the "red, white and blue" of police sirens pulling them over for impaired driving.
From 6 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday, AAA will offer a free tow of up to 10 miles for a driver, one passenger and their vehicle, and AAA membership is not required.
To use the service, people can call (800) AAA-HELP and say they need a Tipsy Tow.
A study by Insurance Institute for Highway Safety showed that July 4 has the higest rate of fatal crashes with an average of 118.4 lives lost.
"We want drivers to think twice about getting behind the wheel if they're impaired, while offering them a resource they can rely on if they find themselves in a precarious situation," AAA Northern California spokesman Michael Blasky said in a statement.
In 2016, 188 people were killed in crashes involving at least one drunk driver over the Fourth of July holidy period (6 p.m. July 2 to 5:59 a.m. July 6), according to the Department of Transportation.
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NBC Bay Area's Kiki Intarasuwan contributed to this report.
