Tuesday, December 19, 2006

A NEW STRATEGY TO DISCOURAGE DRIVING DRUNK / Amherst Times, 20 Nov 2006

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MATTHEW L. WALD
"The threat of arrest and punishment, for decades the primary tactic against drunken drivers, is no longer working in the struggle to reduce the death toll, officials say, and they are proposing turning to technology — alcohol detection devices in every vehicle — to address the problem.
In the first phase of the plan, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, backed by a national association of state highway officials and car manufacturers, announced a campaign to change drunken driving laws in 49 states to require that even first offenders install a device that tests drivers and shuts down the car if it detects alcohol."