In August 2019, the state of Maryland announced the launch of a new traffic safety partnership between the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration (MDOT MVA) and the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS) and its Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety Research Program (DADSS Research Program), known as Driven to Protect | Maryland. Through the Driven to Protect initiative, Maryland is supporting the advancement of the DADSS alcohol detection sensor technology.

October 2019 

In October 2019, the Driven to Protect team attended at the annual Manassas Fall Jubilee in Historic Downtown Manassas, Virginia. This highly recognized craft and artisan festival attracted nearly 30,000 people from across Virginia and the metro D.C. area.

October 2019

Human Subject Drivers Testing Rolls Out

In March of 2019, the DADSS Program received OMB approval to run a series of controlled, in-vehicle tests involving sober drivers and drinking passengers to determine how the sensors respond to real-world driving conditions. These tests began in Massachusetts in late June, in partnership with McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate as well as at KEA Technologies, Inc. The data collected from this research will inform the development and calibration of the next generation of breath sensors, as well as future vehicle integration.