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...
Drunk Driving Deaths Dipped in 2017. But That’s Not the Whole Story.

Drunk Driving Deaths Dipped in 2017. But That’s Not the Whole Story.

Drunk Driving Deaths Dipped in 2017. But That’s Not the Whole Story. In 2017, 10,874 people lost their lives in drunk driving crashes, according to recent data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Based on the reported numbers,...
Flexible Sobriety Checkpoints Are A Low-Cost Tactic For Deterring DUIs

Flexible Sobriety Checkpoints Are A Low-Cost Tactic For Deterring DUIs

Flexible Sobriety Checkpoints Are A Low-Cost Tactic For Deterring DUIs On a Saturday night last month, a sobriety checkpoint in Harrisburg, PA stopped 475 vehicles. But for all their efforts, police in Dauphin County made only two DUI arrests. At that same checkpoint...