Monitoring & Technology
Blog articles on Sobering Up that highlight how electronic monitoring and technology are helping communities and courts tackle drunk driving and alcohol crime.
New Colorado SB22-055 Requires Continuous Alcohol Monitoring for Repeat DUI Offenders
Beginning in January 2023, Colorado SB22-055 will require at least 90 days of continuous alcohol monitoring for those...
National Recovery Month 2020: Celebrating Connections
The theme for National Recovery Month 2020 was Join the Voices for Recovery: Celebrating Connections. For the National...
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:...
Cars May Soon Determine if You’ve Had Too Much to Drink
With more than 10,000 lives and $44 billion lost as a result of drunk driving each year, private...
UK Using Technology to Crack Down on Drink-Driving and Alcohol-Involved Crimes
According to a recent bulletin from the Office for National Statistics, about 29.2 million adults in England drank...
When It Comes to Alcohol Monitoring, Scientists Want to Get Under Your Skin
Are James Bond-type alcohol monitoring microchips the next wave of monitoring technologies? Scientists at the University of California...
Judge John S. Kennedy Leaves Behind a Legacy in York County, PA
After serving 22 years on the bench, the Honorable John S. Kennedy has called it a career. Though...
New Kentucky Program Seeks to Curb Repeat DUI Offenses
Since 2011, Jefferson County—home of Louisville, Kentucky’s largest city—has averaged 4,260 DUI charges annually. In 2016 alone, Jefferson...
Ignition Interlocks for Motorcycles: Does It Make Sense?
Last May, a study headed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration posed an interesting question: does it...
Drinking, drunk driving spike on Super Bowl Sunday
The most dangerous place during the Super Bowl likely won’t be out on the field—it will be out...