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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins warms up before a game against the Baltimore Ravens on Dec. 5, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption toggle caption Gene J. Puskar/AP Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins warms up before a game against the Baltimore Ravens on Dec. 5, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Gene J. Puskar/AP FORT LAUDERDALE, …

Congressmen, automakers, and nonprofits are still looking for ways to add technology designed to prevent drunk driving. New car..Officials elected on both sides of the political aisle will support the creation Drinking detector Mandatory, but industry figures show that the technology is not yet ready for mass production. It’s relatively easy to detect if a …

A drunken 29-year-old parolee caught breaking into a Lansdale resident’s car tried running from police through local yards before officers caught up to and arrested him, authorities said. Police responded to the 300 block of Perkiomen Avenue on reports of a suspicious man going through a 9-1-1 caller’s car when they found a man later …

Systems that stop drivers from moving a vehicle when impaired could save more than 9,000 lives a … [+] year if widely implemented, according to a new report. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Drunk driving remains a major issue in the United States.  Alcohol has been a factor in about 30 % of traffic deaths …

A bipartisan bill to add alcohol detection devices in all new cars has been introduced in the Senate. Senator’s Tom Udall, a Democrat from New Mexico and Rick Scott, a Republican from Florida co-authored the “RIDE Act” or the Reduce Impaired Driving for Everyone Act. The bill provides $10 million for the National Highway Traffic …

Maybe DUI checkpoints will become a thing of the past. Joe Raedle/Getty Images It’s an unfortunate reality that plenty of people still operate vehicles while intoxicated, which can lead to disastrous results for the driver and innocent motorists and pedestrians. “Every day, almost 30 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes,” says the …

A 48-year-old school bus driver is facing charges of reckless endangerment and driving under the influence after a young student in Longview, Washington, called 911 to report that she was intoxicated. “She was drunk,” the 5th grader told a 911 dispatcher. “She passed three red lights … and there’s still kids on there.” The driver, …

OCEAN CITY, Md. (WJZ) — A new breath alcohol detection system could help keep impaired drivers off the road. Thursday morning in Ocean City, Gov. Hogan attended a demonstration of the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety, or DADSS. Small sensors built inside the vehicle analyze the driver’s breath, similar to more traditional breathalyzers. The MVA …

A US flight attendant has been arrested and charged after passing out on a plane and not knowing what city she was in once the flight landed, police said. Julianne March, 49, from Wisconsin, was charged with public intoxication on Thursday, according to an arrest affidavit, as reported by the Kansas City Star. The incident occurred on …

A 40-year-old woman who allegedly blew more than five times the legal alcohol limit has crashed into a tree in Adelaide’s east. She hit the tree with her Nissan Pulsar just before 9.45pm on Wattle St in Fullarton. FOLLOW ALL THE MORNING’S BREAKING NEWS BELOW media_cameraAn allegedly drunk driver has crashed into a tree in …