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New Year's party hosts and bartenders share responsibility of safe roadways

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JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -

The New Year's holiday is one of the most dangerous times for drunk driving accidents. So paramedics at American Medical Response Ambulance Service urges party hosts to make sure guests don't get drunk and drive.

According to AMR Spokesman Jim Pollard, he says "Party hosts, bartenders and servers have a legal and moral responsibility to help keep drunk drivers off the road. If a guest has a DUI crash, the host may face an expensive lawsuit, not to mention the lifelong emotional pain resulting from the crash."

Pollard also recommends a number of things party hosts can do to limit the amount of drunk drivers on the roadways.

• Never invite guests by noting you'll have lots of alcohol available.

• Limit your own alcohol intake so you can determine whether guests are fit to drive and then take steps to stop impaired guests from driving.

• As soon as a group of guests arrive, ask who is serving as the designated driver. Remember who the designated drivers are and don't offer them alcohol.

 • If a guest comes alone and is known to drink alcohol, determine at the start of the party who will take him or her home.

• Do not pressure guests to drink.

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