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Marshfield police urge drivers to plan sober rides; point to transit and tavern safe-ride options
Summary
A Marshfield Police Department spokesperson urged motorists to designate sober drivers for holiday nights, cited local transit hours and a Wisconsin Tavern League safe-ride program, and noted year-to-date DUI arrests and national Labor Day weekend crash statistics from 2023.
The Marshfield Police Department is urging drivers this holiday season to plan sober rides before going out and pointed to local transit and bar-based safe-ride options.
A Marshfield Police Department spokesperson said the department “would encourage people to, you know, plan ahead before they go out for the evening and designate a sober driver before they even leave.” The spokesperson also noted local service options: Marshfield Public Transit runs cabs “until midnight Sunday through Thursday” and “on Friday and Saturday, they’ll actually run cabs until 3AM.”
The spokesperson said there is also a safe-ride program available through the Wisconsin Tavern League: if a Marshfield bar participates, a bartender can call a cab free of charge for a patron who needs one. The department said the city’s DUI arrests are down “a little bit,” at about 72 arrests year to date.
The spokesperson cited national crash data from 2023 to explain the timing of enforcement campaigns, saying the most recent statistics they have showed 511 fatal crashes during the Labor Day weekend and that “about 36 percent of them were involving a driver that had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more.” The department referenced that context when discussing the Labor Day “Drive Sober — Get Pulled Over” enforcement period.
Police encouraged drivers to use designated drivers, call cabs, or use participating tavern safe-ride programs rather than drive after drinking.
