After One Year With Stricter DUI Laws, Utah Arrest Data Appears Mixed

After One Year With Stricter DUI Laws, Utah Arrest Data Appears Mixed On Dec. 30, 2019, the state of Utah marked one year under revised DUI laws that reduced the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) used to identify drivers as impaired–down from 0.08% to 0.05%. The...

GHSA Releases Report on Combating Threat of High-Risk Impaired Drivers

GHSA Releases Report on Combating Threat of High-Risk Impaired Drivers This week, the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) in partnership with Responsibility.org released a report, High-Risk Impaired Drivers: Combating a Critical Threat, which emphasizes the...
Cars May Soon Determine if You’ve Had Too Much to Drink

Cars May Soon Determine if You’ve Had Too Much to Drink

Cars May Soon Determine if You’ve Had Too Much to Drink Shortly after consuming that last drink, you choose to get in your car and drive home. Unwise as that decision may be, it’s yours to make. Soon, that decision may be made for you—by your car. With more than...
Survey Shows Americans Favor Alternative Ways to Combat Drunk Driving

Survey Shows Americans Favor Alternative Ways to Combat Drunk Driving

Survey Shows Americans Favor Alternative Ways to Combat Drunk Driving In recent years, progress on reducing the number of drunk driving deaths has seemingly stalled. Alcohol-impaired driving consistently accounts for approximately a third of all traffic fatalities. In...
DUI Checkpoints: Advertise or Surprise?

DUI Checkpoints: Advertise or Surprise?

DUI Checkpoints: Advertise or Surprise? The goal of DUI checkpoints is primarily deterrence: to raise the perceived risk of arrest, and secondarily to enforce drunk and impaired driving laws. Checkpoint information such as location and time is often highly publicized...