Drinking, drunk driving spike on Super Bowl Sunday
The most dangerous place during Super Bowl LI likely won’t be out on the field at NRG Stadium—it will be out on the roads during and after the big game. A new analysis shows that drinking violations by...
View ArticleIgnition 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 make sense to apply ignition interlocks to motorcycles? Examining data from 2011,...
View ArticleNew 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 District Court saw a total of 2,383 DUIs, of which, 22% were...
View ArticleJudge 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 he may have stepped down as Common Pleas Judge for Pennsylvania’s 19th Judicial District, he’s leaving...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Alcohol Monitoring, Scientists Want to Get Under Your Skin
Are James Bond-type microchips the next wave of alcohol monitoring technologies? Scientists at the University of California San Diego seem to think so. These engineering researchers are hoping that an...
View ArticleUK 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 alcohol in 2017, with 28.7% of men and 25.6% of women admitting to binge drinking on...
View ArticleCars 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...
View ArticleGHSA 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 need...
View ArticleNational Recovery Month 2020: Celebrating Connections
For the last 31 years, September has been deemed National Recovery Month. The National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP), embraces this month is an opportunity to celebrate the gains...
View ArticleNew Colorado SB22-055 Requires Continuous Alcohol Monitoring for Repeat DUI...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that repeat offenders account for about one-third of all drunk driving arrests. In fact, the risk of being involved in an...
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