Tag: dui
Drunk Driving Deaths Dropped in 2014, But the News Isn’t All Good
In November the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the official traffic fatality statistics for 2014, including...
Colorado DOT Uses Humor to Highlight Dangers of Buzzed Driving
The stereotypical idea of a drunk driver tends to be someone who had downed numerous drinks before stumbling...
Guest Post: The Real World Impact of Missouri v. McNeely
My daughter, Maegan Spindler, and her supervisor with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Dr. Robert Klumb, were...
Do Energy Drink Cocktails Make You More Likely to Drive Drunk?
Cocktails that mix energy drinks and alcohol are very popular, but past research has found that the caffeine...
Do Personal Breathalyzers Prevent or Promote Drunk Driving?
Alcohol breath testing isn’t just for law enforcement anymore. One of the hottest tech items of 2014 was...
I’rm Jush Tipsy! Speech Analysis Could Outsmart Drunk Drivers
Computer scientists at Queens College and Columbia University have developed software to identify if someone is drunk based...
Cheers or Jeers for Uber’s Surge Pricing During High DUI Holidays
In July, reporters with the Washington Post found a correlation between the introduction of ridesharing apps, such as...
NHTSA Releases 2013 Drunk Driving Statistics
Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that drunk driving deaths in the United States are once...
6 Tips for Hosting a Safe Holiday Party
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 728 people will be injured or killed each day in...
Should We Have National Mandatory Minimums for DUIs?
The Chilean government is cracking down on impaired driving by imposing mandatory incarceration for drunk drivers. Recently the...