Texas Colleges Test P.A.S.S. Facebook App To Connect Students With Sober Drivers, Curb Drunk Driving

With colleges throughout the U.S. kicking off their fall semesters, the Texas Department of Transportation launched a pilot Facebook application at three universities in the state -- University of North Texas, Midwestern State University, and University of Texas at Brownsville -- designed to help students hook up with sober drivers and avoid drunk driving.

With colleges throughout the U.S. kicking off their fall semesters, the Texas Department of Transportation launched a pilot Facebook application at three universities in the state — University of North Texas, Midwestern State University, and University of Texas at Brownsville — designed to help students hook up with sober drivers and avoid drunk driving.

Person Appointed to Stay Sober, or P.A.S.S., integrates with events on Facebook and allows students attending those events to either search for sober drivers, pledging payment such as gas money if they choose to do so, or to volunteer as sober drivers.

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