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A woman hails a cab as she takes part in the annual SantaCon celebration in New York in 2011. Drunken revelers in select cities can again this year take advantage of AAA's Tipsy Tow program so the roads stay safe. Reuters

Don't get behind the wheel after partying hard this holiday season. With about 95 million people on the road this month, AAA is again offering to provide transportation home for people under the influence of drugs or alcohol as part of its holiday safe ride program. Members and nonmembers in certain areas of the United States are eligible for free transportation services, AAA said in a press release.

The program isn't nationwide, but several AAA clubs across the country are participating in tipsy tow: Truckers will take your vehicle -- and you -- home. The program was developed to combat the statistic that about 40 percent of accidents on Christmas and New Year's Eve are the result of drinking and driving, USA Today reported last year.

AAA recommends you designate a driver before going out, but above all the company wants you and others to stay safe this winter. Call 1-800-AAA-Help (or 1-800-222-4357) in one of these areas to be helped home. Here are AAA clubs offering the program for Christmas:

  • AAA Arizona -- statewide

  • the Auto Club Group -- statewide in Florida, Georgia and Tennessee

  • AAA South Dakota -- in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Mitchell and Yankton

  • AAA MountainWest -- Helena, East Helena, Montana City, Belgrade, Bozeman, Billings, Missoula, Livingston, Kalispell, Whitefish and Anchorage, Alaska

  • AAA Nevada -- statewide

  • AAA Northern California -- in all club territories

  • AAA Northwest Ohio -- in Lucas, Fulton, Wood, Henry, Williams, Defiance, Paulding and Ottawa counties

  • AAA Oklahoma -- in metropolitan Tulsa, metropolitan Oklahoma City, Shawnee, Bartlesville, Enid, Muskogee, Tahlequah, Ardmore and Lawton

  • AAA Tidewater -- in the Greater Hampton Roads area: Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson, Yorktown and Williamsburg

  • AAA Utah -- Statewide

And here are AAA clubs offering the program for New Year's Eve:

  • Kansas Care Cab, 785-357-4444 - Shawnee County

  • AAA Alabama

  • AAA Allied Group

  • AAA Allied Group Dayton, Ohio area, 937-449-9999 - in Montgomery County

  • Automobile Club of Southern California - in all club territories

  • AAA Arizona -- statewide

  • the Auto Club Group -- statewide in Florida, Georgia and Tennessee

  • AAA Hawaii

  • AAA MountainWest -- Helena, East Helena, Montana City, Belgrade, Bozeman, Billings, Missoula, Livingston, Kalispell, Whitefish and Anchorage, Alaska

  • AAA New Mexico -- statewide

  • AAA South Dakota -- in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Mitchell and Yankton

  • AAA Northwest Ohio -- in Lucas, Fulton, Wood, Henry, Williams, Defiance, Paulding and Ottawa counties

  • AAA Northern California -- in all club territories

  • AAA Nevada -- statewide

  • AAA Oklahoma -- in metropolitan Tulsa, metropolitan Oklahoma City, Shawnee, Bartlesville, Enid, Muskogee, Tahlequah, Ardmore and Lawton

  • AAA Texas -- statewide

  • AAA Tidewater -- in the Greater Hampton Roads area: Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson, Yorktown and Williamsburg

  • AAA Utah -- statewide

If you're looking for a more comprehensive list of sober ride home programs, read here.

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