Today’s devices are extremely accurate and reliable, thanks in large part to one major advancement: the fuel cell method of alcohol detection. The First Generation: Semiconductors Ignition interlocks, also called car breathalyzers, got their reputation…

As states go, Arizona is one of the least tolerant of drunk drivers. While jail time is a possibility after a DUI conviction in most states, drunk driving in Arizona guarantees that you will spend time…

Early this month a Cook County judge gave Leslie Thurow probation for aggravated DUI. It was her second conviction for drunken driving. It was also a bad decision by the judge. A few days later…

There are a lot of anti-drunk driving PSAs out there. Many of them stress the obvious dangers — very real dangers— of impaired driving. Nothing wrong with that. This video takes a different tack, and does…

If you’re unfamiliar with ignition interlock devices — those  in car breathalyzers that prevent a vehicle from starting if the driver has been drinking — you might think that they’re easy to bypass. “Just have…

Some may consider an ignition interlock in their car a  part of their punishment for a DUI conviction. They consider the device part of the DUI package: a fine, a stay in jail, perhaps an…

Recently the Wisconsin State Journal reprinted  a 90-year-old editorial on car safety, and in doing so, illuminated a time when life and motoring were different. The editorial reminds us that the driver is “an engineer, fully…

Spirits were high at the Fairfield, Connecticut Police Department last week, when Governor Daniel Malloy signed into law a new ignition interlock bill. The new, stronger law allows the DMV to require ignition interlocks automatically…

Police in Wisconsin have a lot on their mind, but uppermost – at least for the next two weeks – will be catching drunk drivers. Nearly 400 Wisconsin law enforcement agencies have banded together to…

January 1st will be a big day for UK road transportation. That’s when self-driving cars will be allowed on public roads there. And the UK is not alone in ceding the roads to unpiloted cars:…