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Some Virginia drivers convicted of driving under the influence know all too well about ignition interlock devices. These devices are attached to the ignition system of a DUI offender’s vehicle, and he or she must blow into the device in order to start the car. The car won’t start if the device detects alcohol on the offender’s breath.
The use of ignition interlock devices is somewhat controversial – and there are ways around them – but the federal government is actively seeking other alternatives. In fact, even now during the recession they’ve sunk $10 million into an initiative to create new technology to try and keep people who drink alcohol off the road.
The new technology, dubbed DADSS (for Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety), may someday be sold as an option on vehicles sold in the United States. There are two versions of this system being developed: one that uses a touch-based approach to test blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and one that uses a breath based approach.
Proponents of this system claim that a vehicle that prevents the driver from operating it if their BAC is at 0.08 or higher is the wave of the future. They claim that technology like this could go a long way to cutting down on the number of people killed in alcohol-related crashes each year (10,839 in 2009).
Will this really work? Or is it just a pet project wasting money when the time and money would be better spent elsewhere?
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