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.
Disconnecting "Drunk" from "Driving": NTSB Advises Increased Use of In-Vehicle Alcohol Testing Technology
In May the National Transportation Safety Board released 19 recommendations to eliminate impaired driving. This post is the...
U.K. Mom Talks About Alcohol Monitoring Trial
Last week BBC Radio aired a special report that featured a mom struggling with alcohol who was sentenced...
UK Court Reuniting Families With Alcohol Monitoring Technology
In the UK it is estimated that 2.6 million children live with a parent whose drinking puts them...
Colorado’s Efforts to Crack Down on Drunk Driving Come With a Hefty Price Tag. But So Does Saving Lives
The discussion about impaired driving in Colorado has recently focused on the issue of drugged driving with the...
Top 12 of 2012: NTSB Focuses on Impaired Driving in Annual Most Wanted List
As part of Impaired Driving Prevention Month, Sobering Up is taking a look back at the year’s Top...
Top 12 of 2012: NHTSA Continues Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring Research
In October the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a study on Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring. The report,...
Top 12 of 2012: 1st Time Interlock Laws Reducing Recidivism, Changing Behavior
In March of this year, a study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety took a look...
NTSB’s Newest Recommendations Overlook Alcohol-Dependent Drivers
On Tuesday the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a special investigation report on fatal wrong-way driving crashes...
Top 12 of 2012: North Carolina’s Laura’s Law Represents Paradigm Shift in State DUI Laws
In July of 2010, Laura Fortenbury, a 17-year-old Gaston County, North Carolina, teenager was killed in a head-on...
Church vs. Jail for Underage Drunk Driver in Fatal Accident?
Oklahoma District Court Judge Mike Norman is using an unusual form of punishment for a convicted DUI offender...