Auto Trends and Alcohol

"Why Drunk Driving May Some Day Become History"

Ring. Ring. It is 2:13 a.m. and you’re suddenly aroused from your sleep. You were dreaming about a phone call when you quickly realize that the phone in your bedroom has been ringing, hitting you with a stark reality no parent wants to face.

The caller says that she is from the state highway patrol and asks if you’re the parent of a person they have identified as being in a wreck. Confirming that you are, you are told to immediately head to the hospital as there has been an accident, without telling you whether your adult child is alive or dead. by Matt Keegan [1]

Companies, Takata Corporation and TruTouch Technologies “one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of the Year” may have a solution to impaired driving. If your level is too high, your car will simply not start. During enrollment TruTouch devices create a biometric identity profile (like taking a fingerprint) so that one person cannot successfully pretend to be another.

There are Other Options For Teens and DUI Offenders

Drunk driving is the single largest cause of motor vehicle deaths in the car breathalyzer [2] is one of the last barriers to drunk driving. A car breathalyzer, also known as an ignition interlock device, requires drivers to give a breath sample prior to starting their cars. If the breathalyzer detects a certain amount of alcohol, the car simply will not start. These permanent alcohol detectors are professionally installed, often at considerable cost. These devices do work and prevent would-be drunk drivers from endangering themselves and others. These car breathalyzers are not infallible and can be fooled by other people blowing into the breathalyzer other then the driver.

Different types of Breathalyzers personal and professional [3] use are on the market and can be priced from $49.99 on the Internet most of these do not interrupt the vehicle from functioning when there is a high level of alcohol detected. It dose notify the driver of the alcohol content in their system.

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[1]Auto Trends Magazine » Why Drunk Driving May Some Day Become History: Submitted by Matt Keegan on September 28, 2011 – 7:00 am

[2] What is a Breathalyzer? by AlcoholAlert http://www.alcoholalert.com/car-breathalyzer.html

[3] Personal and Professional Breathalzers.http://www.breathalyzer.net/index3.html