A home-grown company that's been keeping drunk drivers off the roads for seven years is changing hands.

Thursday, Wichita's "Safe Riders" sold at auction for $55,000. Owner Sarah Selmon says business has been great the last seven years, but wants to step back and spend more time with her husband and three young children.

"[Work] has been the thing I think about waking up and going to bed for seven years," Selmon said. "This will be a shift in thinking, but I'll probably wait until after the first of the year to embrace it."

Lynn Dickerson put in the winning bid. From start to finish, the auction lasted about 15 minutes.

Dickerson, who works with recovering DUI offenders, said Wichita would not see a change in the company. If anything, Dickerson said he hopes to expand.

"We are specifically interested in other towns," Dickerson said after the auction. Dickerson said he's looking at expanding to cities with a large college student population. "Safe Riders" currently works with WSU to provide students a way home if they've had too much to drink.

As part of the auction, Dickerson will take over a debt-free business, including nearly two dozen employees, three cars, client lists, and more. He will pay $400 in rent each month to Selmon, who owns the building where "Safe Riders" is housed. Dickerson said he also hopes to keep Selmon for consulting.

Selmon says she's excited to spend more time with her family, and hopes to take a little luck with her.

"Hopefully we'll have a little bit of good karma from all those people we've rescued off the side of the road," she said.