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Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver 2025

Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver

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The Florida Department of Transportation is focused on Target Zero and the goal of zero deaths on our roadways. District Two’s Community Traffic Safety Program has addressed traffic safety issues in Northeast Florida for almost three decades. We have promoted the Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver campaign and Recipes for the Road since 1998. According to Florida’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP), one out of every four traffic fatalities in Florida involves a driver impaired by alcohol or drugs.

During the holiday season, District Two Community Traffic Safety Team (CTST) members reach out to local restaurants and bars to display the Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver campaign. In the past, materials include 11×17 full-color posters, coasters, stickers, and nonalcoholic recipe books. Numerous neighborhood establishments throughout Northeast Florida participate every year. CTST members, partners, and agencies may click here to order posters and recipe cards for distribution while supplies last.

2025 Celebrate Safely Poster

Impaired Driving Initiative

The Celebrate Safely impaired driving initiative was created to help reduce alcohol-related traffic deaths and injuries throughout the holiday season. Safety messages are vital at any time of year, especially during the holidays. Important impaired driving safety tips and reminders included in this campaign:

  • Before drinking alcohol, designate a non-drinking driver.
  • Never let your friends drive impaired.
  • Get a safe ride home – call a cab or ride-share service.
  • If you’re hosting a party, offer alcohol-free beverages, serve food, and ensure all guests leave with a sober driver.

Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver and Recipes for the Road focus on the SHSP strategies of both education and insight into creating safer communities, by working with local partners. This includes law enforcement, team members, restaurants, and bars. The goal is to promote responsible alcohol service and personal use at events or party hosting. They also promote safe transportation choices that encourage alternatives to driving while impaired.

Free Social Media Resources

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Be a positive influencer and a Community Traffic Safety Team “Virtual Volunteer.” Share these #CelebrateSafely images and reminders on your social media accounts. Don’t forget to follow and tag us! @trafficsafetyteam on Facebook and Instagram or @trafficsafetyfl on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest.

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Recipes for the Road

Recipes for the Road

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The Florida Department of Transportation District Two’s Community Traffic Safety Program is excited to present our 28th Annual Recipes for the Road. For over a quarter of a century, we have worked to make a positive impact and help keep people safe on our roads during the holidays. This program focuses on education and outreach strategies to create safer communities. It is designed to work with local partners, including law enforcement, team members, restaurants, and bars, to promote responsible alcohol service and personal use at events and when hosting parties. The campaign supports safe transportation choices that encourage alternatives to driving while impaired.

Annual Recipes for the Road Book with Non-Alcoholic Drink Recipes

This year, we have a 12-page Recipes for the Road book available as a digital flipbook, a printable PDF download, and a limited quantity printed edition.

Celebrate Safely and Recipes for the Road

Recipes for the Road booklets and Celebrate Safely posters are available for District Two team members to distribute throughout our 18 Northeast Florida counties. Click here to place your order- while supplies last.

We thank our Traffic Safety Team members, partners, and volunteers who continue to promote traffic safety. They share our passion and goal of reducing alcohol-related traffic crashes and fatalities on our roadways. These people and organizations have been instrumental in the success of our Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver program and the Recipes for the Road booklet!  

Be Responsible – Do Not Drink and Drive

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

Share and enjoy all these mocktails, food recipes, and traffic safety tips. Click here to view our mocktail and food recipe videos.

Celebrating Recipes for the Road since 1998

2022’s 25th-Anniversary Celebration Highlight Video
Favorite Hot Caramel Mocha Mocktail Recipe
New, Easy No-Back Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

Last year’s 27th Annual Recipes for the Road digital flipbook

Digital Flipbooks of our 25th and 26th Recipes for the Road

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Mocktails Recipes Safety Tips

Mocktails • Recipes • Safety Tips

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These delicious nonalcoholic drink mocktails, recipes, and safety tips are part of the Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver and Recipes for the Road campaigns. The FDOT District Two Community Traffic Safety Program has produced unique mocktails and shared nonalcoholic drinks from local Northeast Florida restaurants and bars since 1998. In 2017, we introduced alcohol-free recipe videos for the 20th Annual Recipes for the Road. Since then, we have made various recipe videos to promote celebrating safely.

Seasonal Mocktails, Recipes, and Traffic Safety Tips

We hope you watch, share, and enjoy our alcohol-free drink recipes, appetizer and meal recipes, and safe ABCs of partying tips below. EVEN ONE DRINK of alcohol can slow your reflexes and reaction time, reduce your ability to see clearly, and make you less alert. Be a part of a safety culture focused on preventing injuries and fatalities on our roads.

2024 Favorite Hot Caramel Mocha Mocktail Recipe
New, Easy No-Back Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

Always Celebrate Safely

Please be responsible! If you’ve been drinking, designate a sober driver or call a cab or rideshare service. If you are hosting a party, offer guests alcohol-free beverage options and food, and make sure they have a safe ride home!

Grasshopper Mocha Mocktail
Peach Bella Bellini
Cran-Raspberry Holiday Punch

Candy Cane Mocktini
Nojito Mojito
Hot Citrus Cider

Check out our alcohol-free cocktails and food recipes for all the festive holidays and events. We’ve got something for everyone: Sweet Valentine’s Day, spicy Super Bowl Sunday, lucky St. Patrick’s Day, and festive Cinco de Mayo. All-American observation days like Memorial Day, Independence Day / 4th of July, and Labor Day are also included. Don’t forget about spooky Halloween, family Thanksgiving or Friends-Giving days, holiday office or neighborhood parties, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve.

Dreamy Hot Cocoa Recipe and The Marshmallow Snowman
Green Grinch Punch Recipe and Grinch Kabob Instructions

Party Favorite Food Recipes

Sweet & Salty White Chocolate Snack Mix
Festive Holiday Cranberry Brie Appetizer Bites
Chicken Enchilada Quinoa Soup
Cheesy Breadstick Twists
Meatball Slider Pull-Apart Appetizer
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Summer Celebrate Safely

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The FDOT District Two Community Traffic Safety Program created a Summer Celebration Safely edition of “Recipes for the Road”

We promote simple safety messages along with delicious, non-alcoholic “mocktail” drink recipes, heart-healthy recipes, and food recipes. Our goal is to promote positive driving behaviors year-round and reduce impaired-driving crashes, injuries, and fatalities on our roadways.

Please help spread the message of celebrating safely with these cool summer “Recipes for the Road.” Download and share these traffic safety tips and recipes. Remember to tag us @trafficsafetyteam on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, or @trafficsafetyfl on Twitter and Pinterest. Hashtag #celebratesafely #trafficsafetyteam

Summer Celebrate Safely Digital Recipe Cards:

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Tangy Orange Smoothie
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Summer Fruit Smash
iced mocha mocktail
Iced Mocha
fruity mango mocktail
Fruity Mango Mocktail
watermelon slush
Easy Watermelon Slush
cool mocktail
Cool Mocktail
lemon-lime sparkler
Lemon-Lime Sparkler
peach passion smoothie
Peach Passion Smoothie
summer celebrate safely recipe card
Banana Cookies

Click to download and print or post on social media. Provided by FDOT Community Traffic Safety Program.

Recipes For The Road Card

In 2021, we distributed Summer Celebrate Safely “Recipes for the Road” cards printed as double-sided, 5.5″ x 8.5″ handouts in full color. They were available for our Northeast Florida Traffic Safety Team members, partners, organizations, and local communities.

In 2019, there were almost 2,000 reported crashes, with 109 fatalities involving impaired driving throughout the Northeast Florida district. That is 109 deaths that could have been prevented. This summer and throughout the year, remember to celebrate safely always!

Summer Mocktail Recipe Videos:

Mocktails • Recipes • Safety Tips
For more impaired driving information and resources, make sure to check out the following:

Drive safe. Drive sober. If you plan to drink, designate a driver or schedule a cab/ride-share/Uber/Lyft for a safe ride home.

CTSP Flashback FAQ Videos

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We produced a new CTSP Flashback FAQ video series that we are excited to share with you. Our CTSP Flashback FAQ videos showcase some timeless Traffic Safety Team talk. After more than 20 years, these clips provide insight into the essence of the CTSP in Northeast Florida that still apply today. 

Six CTSP Flashback FAQ videos answer common questions we receive:

Flashback FAQ #1 and #2

FAQ #1: What is the Community Traffic Safety Program?
A: The premise of the program is that local communities solve local problems with state assistance. Our mission is to reduce traffic-related crashes, injuries, and fatalities on our roadways. The CTSP is a volunteer organization sponsored by the Florida Department of Transportation. Traffic Safety Team members work together to develop solutions. We commend our partners for their active participation and ongoing commitment to traffic safety in our 18-county district. We invite you to be a part of the solution. Help us promote safety on our roadways and move toward zero fatalities.

FAQ #2: What is a Community Traffic Safety Team?
A: Community Traffic Safety Teams (CTSTs) are locally based groups of highway safety advocates who are committed to solving traffic safety problems through a comprehensive, multi-jurisdictional, multi-disciplinary approach. Members include city, county, state, private industry and citizens. The common goal of each CTST is to reduce the number and severity of traffic crashes within their community.

Flashback FAQ #3 and #4

FAQ #3: How does the CTST solve traffic safety issues?
A: Northeast Florida CTST members are the eyes and ears on the road, working together to develop solutions and solve traffic safety issues on our roadways. CTSTs are made up of what is termed the four E’s: Education, Enforcement, Engineers and Emergency Medical Services. All of these disciplines add to the richness of each team and allow broad collaboration in the solving of local traffic safety concerns related to drivers, passengers, vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists and roadways.

FAQ #4: Who are the members of a Community Traffic Safety Team?
A: FDOT District Two CTST members include city, county, state, private industry and citizens. Members are multi-disciplinary – integrating efforts of the four “E” disciplines that work in highway safety, including Engineering, Education/Public Information, Enforcement, and Emergency Medical Services, along with local community partners, businesses, officials and citizens.

Flashback FAQ #5 and #6

FAQ #5: What is the W H A L E Check, Child Passenger Safety Program?
A: W.H.A.L.E. (We Have A Little Emergency) CHECK – Child Passenger Safety Program was first introduced in May of 2002 in Jacksonville, Florida by the Northeast Florida Department of Transportation District Two’s Community Traffic Safety Program. W.H.A.L.E. Check is a child passenger safety education and identification program for parents and caregivers in Florida. In the event of an automobile crash, children are often too young to identify themselves or provide helpful information. The W.H.A.L.E. Check informational flyer also includes child safety seat guidelines and safety tips to help prevent injuries in case of a car crash.

FAQ #6: What is the Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver Program?
A: The Northeast Florida Department of Transportation District Two Community Traffic Safety Program’s annual Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver campaign was created to help reduce alcohol-related traffic deaths and injuries throughout the holiday season. During the week of Christmas through New Year’s Day, local establishments are promoting the Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver program by displaying the materials provided. The 11×17 full-color posters will be displayed in neighborhood restaurants and bars. The stickers are for servers and bartenders to wear, and for sticking onto table-talkers, menus, and bill holders. (NOTE: Due to the hardships and challenges many local establishments are battling with COVID-19, we are not requiring them to provide free nonalcoholic drinks.)

CTSP Flashback FAQ video series brings the past into the present.

In conclusion, our CTSP Flashback FAQ video series brings the past into the present. These videos remind us why the Community Traffic Safety Program continues to make an impact across Northeast Florida. They highlight simple ideas that still drive real results today.

Moreover, each FAQ reinforces a shared purpose. Local communities take action. Partners work together. Solutions come from collaboration across engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency services. As a result, we move closer to safer roads for everyone.

At the same time, programs like W.H.A.L.E. Check and Celebrate Safely show how education saves lives. They give families, businesses, and communities practical tools to prevent crashes and reduce harm. Small actions lead to big change.

Most importantly, you play a role in this effort. Get involved. Stay engaged. Share these resources. Together, we can reduce crashes, prevent injuries, and save lives.

Because every trip matters. And every life counts.