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Free ‘Tipsy Tow’ offered for New Year’s revelers

In this image taken on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, an expert wine tester shakes a glass of Prosecco during a wine testing at the Case Paolin farm, in Volpago del Montello, Italy. Prosecco has become the best-selling sparkling wine in the world, and experts say it is eroding the more casual corner of champagne's market while aiming higher. Its production eclipsed champagne's five years ago and is now 75 percent higher at 544,000 bottles three-quarters of which for export.0 bottles three-quarters of which for export.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

In this image taken on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, an expert wine tester shakes a glass of Prosecco during a wine testing at the Case Paolin farm, in Volpago del Montello, Italy. Prosecco has become the best-selling sparkling wine in the world, and experts say it is eroding the more casual corner of champagne's market while aiming higher. Its production eclipsed champagne's five years ago and is now 75 percent higher at 544,000 bottles three-quarters of which for export.0 bottles three-quarters of which for export.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

  | Dec. 28, 2018, 9:26 p.m.
| Updated: Dec. 31, 2018, 10:16 p.m.

AAA is offering free towing home for those who ring in the New Year with too much alcohol.

It is offering its Tipsy Tow service from 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve until 6 a.m. on New Year’s Day. It is available by calling 1-800-AAA-HELP.

“We urge New Year’s Eve revelers to have a sober ride home lined up before the ball drops. If those plans fall through, AAA’s Tipsy Tow will not only provide a safe ride home for you and a passenger, but we’ll get your vehicle home safely, too,” said Michael Blasky, spokesman for AAA Utah.

Tipsy Tow provides a free ride home and vehicle tow of up to 10 miles for any driver, not just AAA members. For mileage beyond that, motorists are charged a standard towing rate.

Services will not be provided to motorist requesting a tow to another drinking establishment, repair facility or any location other than their home or a hotel.

AAA estimates that a first-time DUI conviction can cost a motorist more than $10,000 in fines, penalties, legal fees and increased insurance costs.

This holiday is also the first with Utah’s new toughest-in-the-nation drunken driving law, which takes effect on Sunday. It lowers the blood alcohol content where a driver is presumed drunk from 0.08 to 0.05.