
Sober driving will be critical in the coming weeks, as alcohol typically is involved in 37% of fatalities during the Christmas Day holiday period and 39% of fatalities during the New Year’s Day holiday period.
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The report analyzes over 2 million insurance quotes from QuoteWizard drivers to see which states had the best and worst drivers.
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If available technology blocked drivers with any alcohol in their blood from driving, requiring them for those with alcohol-impaired driving convictions would save 986 lives. Requiring them for fleet vehicles would save 465 lives.
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In 2019, Arizona led the nation in taking legislative measures to combat drunk driving, and drunk driving fatalities fell by nearly a third, according to a new report from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).
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If installed, drivers would need to blow into the device in order to start the car. If alcohol is detected over the legal limit, the vehicle won't start.
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High blood alcohol concentration offenders are another high-risk group accountable for more than 60% of alcohol-impaired fatalities, according to a new report from the Governor's Highway Safety Association.
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Wyoming has the worst drunk driving problem in the country, scoring highest among all states for its DUI arrest rate and DUI fatalities per 100,000 population.
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Though designed to get drunk drivers off the road, breath-testing devices can be highly inaccurate, yielding results as much as 40% too high, reports the New York Times.
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In 2018, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports 10,511 people lost their lives in collisions involving drunk driving as compared with 10,908 in 2017, representing a 3.6% decrease.
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New proposed federal legislation would require all new vehicles to be equipped with advanced detection technology that would passively detect whether the driver is alcohol-impaired before he or she starts the engine.
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