Every year America’s road safety watchdog tallies up the fatal road crashes for the previous year. Sometimes the news is, if sad, at least encouraging. This year it was disturbing. According to this year’s Fatal…

Any discussion of automotive technology these days will sooner or later mention autonomous cars; most of the time they’re the only thing being talked about. Enough corners have been turned in the race to eliminate…

The ineffective parent is a stereotype that gets lampooned regularly on TV: the one who says, “I’m counting to five…” and then does nothing. The one who says, “Or else!” but can’t answer the question,…

One thing Americans don’t like to do is learn from other countries. We have our own way of doing things, and it’s gotten us pretty far. But other countries are a lot further along when…

Alcohol is pretty tenacious stuff. It simply refuses to leave the body until it’s good and ready, and that can cause problems for people who have ignition interlocks in their vehicles. The purpose of an…

We know ignition interlocks save lives. But we also know that bureaucracies are slow, agencies are overworked, and people charged with a task can drop the ball. Which is why, though an ignition interlock might…

If non-gamers agree on anything, it’s that video games teach you nothing apart from some hand-eye coordination. But that might not be the case. A new study suggests that anti-DUI messages put in the background…

Relationships can make drunk driving a complicated matter. Your best friend has been drinking, and she says she’s driving home. Do you stop her? How far do you go in preventing her from getting behind…

As far as impaired driving goes, we’re in the hot season. The last couple of weeks in August through Labor Day are notorious for the number of drunk drivers who get arrested – and the…