Iowa’s governor has signed Senate File 444 which, among other driving safety provisions, introduces a new program – 24/7 alcohol monitoring – to help fight drunk driving. Starting on July 1st, counties who wish to can…

Generally, drunk driving is seen as nothing to laugh about. It was not always so. In from the time cars went mainstream to the 1960s drunk driving was something of an underground sport. Illegal to…

A college student in Sacramento, Adam Wong, got to thinking about how he could prevent people from drinking and driving. He had a personal stake in the problem – some of his friends were arrested…

Washington State wants people to be less drunk when driving. Or at least, some Washington legislators do. House Bill 1874 is being debated in the state house. If passed the bill would lower the legal…

The battle for the minds of drivers – particularly potential drunk drivers – continues. Police, road safety organizations, and transportation departments keep trying to find ways to reach people – young people in particular –…

It takes a fair amount of determination to rack up 7 drunk driving charges. But it can be done, and has quite a few times. It’s probably easier to do in Wisconsin than most places…

In the effort to fight drunk driving, there’s no doubt the country is making progress. But there’s also no doubt that the progress is not even. In every class there are star students and laggards,…

Crashes happen, with or without DUI laws. But a lawmaker says that stronger Oklahoma DUI laws could have prevented a crash that killed a 37-year-old mother and injured three others. William Maker, who was involved…

In a case that will have few repercussions in the world of drunk driving, the Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed the conviction of a man convicted of DUI in 2012. The man in question,…

Technology marches on. And while it’s marching, it’s being called upon to protect us from ourselves in various ways. It was just 79 years ago that Rolla N. Harger invented the first machine that gave…