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Recipes for the Road Mocktails

Recipes for the Road

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The FDOT District Two Community Traffic Safety Team (CTST) is proud to share the 22nd Annual Recipes for the Road. This four-page recipe card is filled with non-alcoholic drinks, mocktails, appetizers and sweet treats along with traffic safety tips. Our goal is to help reduce drinking and driving and alcohol-related traffic crashes this holiday season and throughout the year.

22nd Annual Recipes for the Road Bi-Fold Card
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See below for over two decades of Recipes for the Road editions. Check out our Mocktail drink and food recipe cards and videos!

Recipes for the Road is part of our Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver program where local restaurants and bars provide free non-alcoholic beverages to patrons who are the designated driver (AKA the “DD”). Together these printed materials and online resources from FDOT’s District Two CTST and local partners work to save lives and prevent injuries in our community. Click here for more information about Celebrate Safely.

Previous Recipes for the Road

Click to view a PDF of our past booklets starting from our inaugural issue in 1997!

Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6
Volume 7 Volume 8 Volume 9 Volume 10 Volume 11 Volume 12
Volume 13 Volume 14 Volume 15 Volume 16 Volume 17 r4r-volume-18

Be Responsible – Do Not Drink and Drive

Thanksgiving through the New Year is a fun and festive time of year. Throughout this fall and winter season there are many celebrations, family gatherings, festivals, football pre-game tailgating and holiday parties. They are all best enjoyed when we celebrate responsibly. Please always drive safe and sober.

Recipes for the Road was started to help reduce drinking and driving, offering a great collection of non-alcoholic drink recipes. Please feel free to share and enjoy all these mocktails, food recipes, safety activity games and traffic safety tips.

Learn more here: Impaired Driving traffic safety tips and materials.
Share our monthly Mocktails, recipes cards and videos.
Download our Seasons of Safety themed holiday cards.

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Mocktails • Recipes • Safety Tips

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Monthly Mocktails and Food Recipes

Over the last two decades we have made a positive impact to help keep people safe on our roads during the holidays and throughout the year. These delicious mocktails, recipes and safety tips are part of the Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver program, Recipes for the Road and Seasons of Safety campaigns.

Recipe Cards and Traffic Safety Tips:

Click for free download to print and share on social media with family and friends!

Thanksgiving Cookie Recipe Halloween Smoothie Recipe Labor Day Lemon Freeze Recipe Labor Day Celebrate Safely Labor Day Traffic Safety

Watch + Share Our Non-Alcoholic Drink and Food Recipe Videos:

Hot Winter Cider Punch

Thanksgiving Sparkling Mocktail

Wormy Halloween Party Punch Mocktail

Summer Sangria

Crowd Pleasing Meatball Sliders

Dreamy Hot Cocoa Recipe and The Marshmallow Snowman

Green Grinch Punch Recipe and Grinch Kabob Instructions

Always Celebrate Safely

Be responsible when having a good time. Drive safe and sober. If you’ve been drinking, designate a sober driver or call a cab/Uber/Lyft service. If your hosting a party, offer alcohol-free beverages and food to guests.

Many thanks to our Traffic Safety Team members, volunteers and partners that share our passion and goal of reducing alcohol-related traffic crashes and fatalities in our communities. Do your part by not driving while intoxicated. Join the fun and share these recipe cards and videos!

Over 25,000 full-color Recipes for the Road copies are printed and distributed each year. Click here to check out all 22 (and counting) Recipes for the Road editions. 

In 2017, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Recipes for the Road. The tradition of printed and digital mocktail recipes continued to be shared throughout the FDOT District Two communities and online through social media. We also began making mocktail video recipes which have been a big hit on Pinterest, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

Visit our Impaired Driving safety page for more resources and information.

Don’t forget to check out our Seasons of Safety themed holiday card collection.

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Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver

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2019 Celebrate Safely Artwork

The FDOT District Two Community Traffic Safety Team (CTST) is excited to announce a new design for its Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver campaign. The popular public service initiative was created to help reduce alcohol-related traffic deaths and injuries during the holiday season.

During the week of the Christmas holiday through New Year’s Day, establishments that are participating in the Celebrate Safely program serve non-alcoholic beverages free-of-charge to patrons who identify themselves as the designated driver.

Materials provided include posters to be displayed in the restaurant/bar, stickers for servers and bartenders to wear, and beverage coasters. The Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver stickers are also great for sticking on menus and bill holders.

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Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver packages for bars and restaurants – Order Online Now

The campaign’s “Drive Safe and Drive Sober” message is key at any time of year, and especially during the holidays. If you’ve been drinking, celebrate safely. Designate a driver, call a cab/ride-share/Uber/Lyft, or spend the night where you are.  Make sure to check out the following:
Recipes for the Road: non-alcoholic drinks and safety tips
Mocktails: drink and food recipe cards and videos
Seasons of Safety: traffic safety-themed holiday card collection
Impaired Driving: traffic safety page with more resources and materials

IT’S NOT ALL FUN IN THE SUN

In Florida, you can get a DUI (driving under the influence) if you drive or are in physical control of a vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08% or higher – regardless of whether your driving ability was actually impaired. (Sometimes the term “blood alcohol level” (BAL) is used instead of BAC.) However, a driver can also get a DUI for driving while impaired to “some degree” as the result of ingesting alcohol, drugs, or any combination of these.

While most DUIs involve driving, it’s possible to get a DUI in Florida without actually moving your vehicle. Florida law makes it illegal not only to drive a vehicle under the influence, but also to “operate” or be in “actual physical control” of a vehicle in such a state of impairment. So, for instance, an intoxicated motorist who’s found by police slumped over the wheel with keys in hand could be prosecuted for DUI even though the car never moved.

And like all other states, Florida has “implied consent” laws that generally require all motorists lawfully arrested for DUI to submit to chemical testing (blood, breath, or urine) for the purpose of determining the amount of alcohol or drugs in their systems.

Every day, 36 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver.  This is one death every 41 minutes.  The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $51 billion.

Important safety steps we can all take:

  • Before drinking alcohol, designate a non-drinking driver within your group.
  • Don’t let your friends drive impaired.
  • If you have been drinking or using drugs, get a ride home or call a taxi.
  • If you’re hosting a party where alcohol will be served, offer alcohol-free beverages and make sure all guests leave with a sober driver.
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