Using a Ride Share Service to Ensure Sober Driving?
Ride Safe This Holiday Season
Using a ride-sharing service to ensure safe driving during the holidays?
The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office is reminding people before you get in the car, double-check that your driver is authentic. "Sami's Law" mandates that Uber and Lyft drivers display lit signage and scannable QR codes to identify themselves.
Samantha Josephson, a 21-year-old University of South Carolina senior from Robbinsville who was slain in March 2019 after getting into what she thought was the Uber car she had requested, is the inspiration for "Sami's Law."
The #WHATSMYNAME Ride Share Safety Program was introduced in Ocean County by Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and the Ocean County Chiefs of Police Association in February of 2020.
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Our local police stations have received 300 SAMI signs from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office. SAMI signage can be found in areas where ride-share riders congregate. STOP - to check safety features;
ASK - what's my name? The SAMI signs urge ride-share passengers to always, STOP - to evaluate safety features; ASK - what's my name? MATCH - your license plate and show it, and INFORM - tell others about your ride!
Please contact Bryan Huntenburg at the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office at 732-929-2027, ext. 2911 if you would like a SAMI sign for your company.
