About Us

 

In the summer of 1983, Jeff Fraser and his brother were operating one of the largest franchises in North America for a student painting company.  While celebrating the end of a productive workweek at a local watering hole, the brothers began thinking of a new business to address a real need: helping people avoid driving while intoxicated.   While many people do not plan on getting intoxicated, that’s exactly what can happen.  Regrettably, at the end of a night of drinking some people would make the unfortunate calculation that having to retrieve one’s car the morning after was an inconvenience that outweighed the risks of driving drunk.

 

The brothers conceived a solution: a business staffed by “for-hire” designated drivers, who would be picked up by another driver at the end of the customer’s ride home in his or her own car.  Thus, “Home Jeeves” was born, the predecessor to what is now known as “Our-Ride” (designated driver service).

 

After months of developing “Home Jeeves”, this massive undertaking was shelved in 1984 for a host of reasons, and the Fraser brothers went on to pursue successful careers in media, brand management, event management, large format cinema and the service industry. Then in 2018, Jeff Fraser, a successful businessman and entrepreneur of nearly four decades, heard that their original “Home Jeeves” model had been copied and was operating in many cities around North America. This news breathed new life into the brothers’ original concept, under a new brand name and ride-model.

 

In 2019, the “Our-Ride” service model uses 2-person driver teams who are dispatched to pick up clients in their own cars while the Our-Ride “chase car” follows the client vehicle and then retrieves our driver at the end of the client service.

 

Additionally, Our-Ride has been expanded to include curbside Airport & Train Station services as well as Personal Drivers for shopping or meetings.