Spring Break
Who you gonna call … RamRide
Ashley Emmons
Issue date: 8/23/07 Section: News
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RamRide is a program attempting to help prevent drunk driving. The service runs Thursdays from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.
According to Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD), motor vehicle crashes remain the number one cause of death among youth ages 15-20. In 2005, 28 percent of youth drivers killed in motor vehicle crashes had been drinking.
When calling RamRide, students must give the operator their name, student ID number, their location and how many people RamRide will be picking up. RamRide will pick students up and take them home. RamRide will not take students to other parties, bars, etc.
CSU senior Mark Settle, assistant director of RamRide for the Associated Student of CSU, said as long as people are in and live in Fort Collins, they will get a RamRide.
"We will pick them up and take them home from parties, the library, work any type of reason," Settle said.
This year RamRide is increasing the number of cars and lowering the age of student volunteers to 18.
The program added another minivan to Thursday nights, allowing it to have six cars instead of the five it had last year. Friday and Saturday RamRide will continue to run 13 cars.
"We wanted another car, so we could have a few cars to do the loops around the bars because that's where most of our riders come from," said Director of RamRide Holli Kinkel.
Sophomore Sara Mitchell, a psychology major, said volunteering for RamRide is simple.
"If you want to volunteer, you go online or go to the Associated Students of Colorado State University (ASCSU) office to sign up," Mitchell said. "You fill out a volunteer form and pick a night you want to do and you choose a position."
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Brett Gulick
posted 8/23/07 @ 1:22 PM MST
Ram Ride rocks. I love you guys.
Brie Brewer
posted 8/23/07 @ 3:25 PM MST
This is a great service! Thanks so much for providing.
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