Agency: New Vehicles Would Need Devices to Prevent Drunk or Impaired Driving December 13, 2023 DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators say they have taken the first step toward requiring devices in vehicles that...
Data Shows an Increase in Drunk Driving Deaths and More Alcohol Consumed August 11, 2023 By Claims Journal staff Americans are drinking more than they did before the pandemic, and more of them are dying in alcohol-related motor vehicle...
Marijuana, Opioids Found in High Percentage of Drivers Killed in Car Crashes June 11, 2018 More than half of drivers killed in car accidents who were tested for drugs had marijuana, opioids or a combination...
Ignition Interlock Laws Reduce Alcohol-Involved Fatal Crashes April 27, 2017 State laws requiring ignition interlocks for all drunk driving offenders appear to reduce the number of fatal drunk driving crashes,...
Sobriety Checkpoints Reduce Drunk Driving Better Than Increased Penalties April 26, 2017 Driving while impaired (DWI) causes more than 10,000 deaths per year in the United States. Although enforcing criminal sanctions for...
Indiana Driver Involved in Double Fatal Tesla Crash Intoxicated at Time February 10, 2017 The driver of a speeding Tesla electric car that crashed and burned in Indianapolis, Ind., killing her and a passenger,...
5 Things Designated Drivers Don’t Want Passengers to do on the Drive Home December 9, 2016 Allianz UK surveyed 2000 people in October and found that over a third (36 percent) will take on the role...
Energy Drinks, With or Without Alcohol, Contribute to Drunk Driving September 28, 2016 Highly caffeinated energy drinks (EDs) have been of concern to the public-health community for almost a decade. Many young people...
US Supreme Court Limits Drunk Driving Test Law June 27, 2016 By SAM HANANEL The Supreme Court on Thursday placed new limits on state laws that make it a crime for motorists suspected of...
Drugged Driving Increases as Drunk Driving Declines February 9, 2015 The nation’s decades-long campaign to combat drunk driving continues to make our roads safer, but use of marijuana and prescription...