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SOUTHFIELD, MI - A southeast Michigan law firm has offered to reimburse anyone who takes a cab home on St. Patrick's Day.

Christensen Law, a firm that specializes in "helping victims of automobile or truck accidents," announced it will extend its "Safe Ride Home" program, which got about 250 people home safe in Wayne, Macomb, Oakland and Washtenaw counties on the night before Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve.

"We have every reason to believe our 'Safe Ride Home' program has saved the lives of people who over-celebrated on Thanksgiving Eve and New Year's Eve," Dave Christensen, founder of Christensen Law, said in a release. "We want to decrease the number of people killed on Michigan roads each year," Christensen says. "The number rose 10 percent in 2015 compared with the previous year."

According to the release, Christensen "has seen too many people suffer as a result of drunk driving."

Christensen shared a few St. Patty's Day stats:

276 drunk driving casualties took place on St. Patrick's Day between 2009-2013

75 percent of drivers involved in St. Patrick's Day DUI crashes had blood alcohol levels more than two times over the legal limit

Every 46 minutes an alcohol related crashes claims a life on St. Patrick's Day

Those who drink too much to drive today are instead asked to take a cab, or Uber home from the bar.

Get a receipt for the ride, and email a copies of the receipt, your driver's license or Michigan ID card to saferidehome@davidchristensenlaw.com.

The firm will cover fares up to $35.

Here are the specifics:

The offer runs from 1 p.m. March 17 through 4 a.m. March 18.

Offer is only available to those over the age of 21.

It's good for a $35, one-way ride home.

Receipts have to be sent in by midnight March 21, 2016.

Rides can't go outside Wayne Macomb, Oakland or Washtenaw counties.

Riders must take a licensed taxi or Uber.

Materials need to be either emailed to the address above, or mailed to Christensen Law Safe Ride Home, 25925 Telegraph Rd., Suite 200, Southfield, MI 48033.

Ian Thibodeau is the business and development reporter for MLive Media Group in Detroit. He can be reached at ithibode@mlive.com, or follow him on Twitter.