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Newsby StaffDecember 19, 2020

NSC Estimates Over 700 Road Deaths During Upcoming Holiday Season

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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Newsby StaffNovember 9, 2020

Best & Worst States Ranked for Driving

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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Newsby StaffJuly 24, 2020

Alcohol-Detection Tech Could Save 9,000 Lives Annually, IIHS says

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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Newsby StaffJanuary 14, 2020

Arizona Leads Nation in Drunken Driving Legislation

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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Newsby StaffJanuary 6, 2020

Should Carsharing Drivers Submit to Breathalyzers?

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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Newsby StaffDecember 17, 2019

Repeat DUI Offenders Need to Be Curbed, GHSA Says

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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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2019

Study Ranks States with Worst DUI Problems

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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Newsby StaffNovember 8, 2019

Report Questions Breathalyzer Accuracy

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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Newsby StaffOctober 29, 2019

Drunk Driving Fatalities Drop 3.6%

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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Newsby StaffOctober 21, 2019

Congress Considers Requiring Drunk Driving Tech

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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