{"id":47699,"date":"2026-07-07T14:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/aware-org-and-jmpd-launch-six-month-drive-sober-stay-alive-initiative-to-tackle-drunk-driving-in-johannesburg\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:51:16","slug":"aware-org-and-jmpd-launch-six-month-drive-sober-stay-alive-initiative-to-tackle-drunk-driving-in-johannesburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/aware-org-and-jmpd-launch-six-month-drive-sober-stay-alive-initiative-to-tackle-drunk-driving-in-johannesburg\/","title":{"rendered":"AWARE.org and JMPD launch six-month Drive Sober, Stay Alive initiative to tackle drunk driving in Johannesburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drinking and driving remains one of South Africa&#039;s most persistent and preventable road safety challenges. Reducing drinking and driving requires coordination, shared accountability and a commitment to learning. To that end, AWARE.org and the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) have launched Drive Sober, Stay Alive, a six-month initiative that brings together government, law enforcement and civil society in an evidence-led effort to make Johannesburg&#039;s roads safer.<\/p>\n<p>Running from June until the end of December 2026, the initiative will combine strategic planning, operational enforcement, public education and real-time research to better understand and reduce alcohol-related road incidents. The programme will focus on high-risk periods such as public holidays, long weekends, winter festivities and the festive season, while also monitoring lower-risk periods to build a comprehensive understanding of driving and alcohol consumption patterns throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>This&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=77890&#038;page=aware-org-and-jmpd-launch-six-month-drive-sober-stay-alive-initiative-to-tackle-drunk-driving-in-johannesburg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drinking and driving remains one of South Africa&#039;s most persistent and preventable road safety challenges. Reducing drinking and driving requires coordination, shared accountability and a commitment to learning. To that end, AWARE.org and the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) have launched Drive Sober, Stay Alive, a six-month initiative that brings together government, law enforcement and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/AWARE_org%20and%20JMPD%20launch%20six-month%20Drive%20Sober%2c%20Stay%20Alive%20initiative%20to%20tackle%20drunk%20driving%20in%20Johannesburg.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/AWARE_org%20and%20JMPD%20launch%20six-month%20Drive%20Sober%2c%20Stay%20Alive%20initiative%20to%20tackle%20drunk%20driving%20in%20Johannesburg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}