Free Taxi Service from a local law firm

Since Colorado Springs Ranks #3 Drunkest City in the US, and New Years is a very "drunk" holiday, McDivitt Law Firm has agreed to pay for ALL TAXI RIDES to Colorado Springs addresses this New Years Eve.

Per the Colorado Springs Business Journal, McDivitt notes "I love this town, and I just didn't dream we'd have this type of drinking problem." and estimates that "30 percent of his personal injury clients were hurt in drunken driving accidents."

He estimates that he may pay for about 1,800 cab rides and the cab rides and CSBJ also notes:

"The free Yellow Cab rides will be given between 10 p.m. Dec. 31 and 4 a.m. Jan. 1 to anyone who has been drinking alcohol or who doesn't feel they have a safe way home. McDivitt was careful to note that cab rides will only be given to residential addresses and not from bar to bar."

Yellow Cab can be reached at: (719) 777-7777

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15 Comments on Local Law Firm to Pay for All Cab Rides in Colorado Springs this New Year's Eve

wow a list cleveland did not make!@   Keep us posted as to how many cab rides he winds up paying for

12/29/2007 10:41 PM by Carole Cohen Realtor®, ePRO (Howard Hanna Cleveland City Office)

Well Yikes..I would hope not from "bar to bar" but I bet they'll be some that would request a ride to another bar.

Happy New Year! 

12/30/2007 06:20 AM by Monika McGillicuddy~REALTOR®~ N.H. Real Estate Broker & Trainer (Prudential Verani Realty/Hampstead)

Mariana, great publicity for the law firm.  I wonder how many DUI cases that particular firm handles each year and how many are directly attributable to New Year's!

12/30/2007 06:50 AM by Brian Block -- Northern Virginia & D.C. Real Estate (RE/MAX Allegiance)

Thats a great concept..lets see how many go for it.

12/30/2007 08:02 AM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)

Wonderful public service.  Great public relations.  Great advertising for future clients with traffic citations, DUI, etc. 

Drinking and driving kills.

Speed kills.

Speeding drunks kill more. 

12/30/2007 08:18 AM by Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Real Estate

Hey Mariana - geez, I wonder how many will take him up on his offer, and how many really will try to go from bar to bar?  What a list to have made 3rd on! 

Happy New Year!
Ann

12/30/2007 08:29 AM by Portsmouth NH Real Estate ~ Ann Cummings (RE/MAX Coast to Coast - Portsmouth New Hampshire)

That's a great thing that law office is doing for your city. I wish more people would step up to the plate.

12/30/2007 09:04 AM by Linda Scanlan (A Fan of AR)

Mariana - Will you be needing a cab? - LOL

12/30/2007 09:46 AM by Bill Gassett Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate (RE/MAX Executive Realty)

Carole - I will!

Monika - I guarantee they will request bar-to-bar rides ... I wonder how th Cabbies will deal with that?

Brian - McDivitt Law firm is probably one of the areas largest personal injury firms. I am sure he deals with tons of these cases.

Neal - I am sure that this will be an expensive night for this Law Firm...

Lenn - I hope that he DOES curb the accident rate for this holiday.

Ann- Happy New Year to you too!

Linda- I think that it would be great to have a couple businesses go in on a venture like this next year. I guess I will see how much it winds up costing him and go from there...

Bill - I am going to a New Years party that is 5 houses away from my home. Maybe I should call a cab to drive me the 1/2 block home ...

12/30/2007 09:53 AM by Mariana Wagner ~ Colorado Springs REALTOR® (Wagner iTeam -Keller Williams Clients' Choice)

Wow - to be commended for sure!  and he could be saving some lives in the process.

12/30/2007 10:20 AM by Rick & Ines - Miami Shores Real Estate (Majestic Properties)

Nice gesture.  I want to know how many drunks are going to remember they even have that phone number in their pocket? Or will act responsibly enough to use it.  I wonder if the law firm has commissioned the bars to put the drunks into cabs and bill them?  

12/30/2007 10:55 AM by Downtown Long Beach Condos Long Beach Real Estate, Laurie Manny (Main Street Realtors)

we have been informed no bar hopping on these cards and you must have a card for the free ride, us drivers were only given 5 each, so if you dont have a card sorry!!!!

12/31/2007 11:27 AM by yellow cab driver

Yellow Cab Driver - How would one get a card?

12/31/2007 11:38 AM by Mariana Wagner ~ Colorado Springs REALTOR® (Wagner iTeam -Keller Williams Clients' Choice)

Totals are in: Only 200 people called for free cabrides this New Years!

http://csbjblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/few-called-for-free-new-year-eve-cab.html

 

01/03/2008 12:40 PM by Mariana Wagner ~ Colorado Springs REALTOR® (Wagner iTeam -Keller Williams Clients' Choice)

Great publicity stunt, and not too expensive either.  Smart law firm. 

01/03/2008 01:43 PM by Downtown Long Beach Condos Long Beach Real Estate, Laurie Manny (Main Street Realtors)

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