The following statement is attributable to Robert Strassburger, President & CEO of ACTS regarding today’s report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) on the potential impact of alcohol-detection systems.

“Today’s study is both a strong endorsement of the potential life-saving impact of the DADSS technologies and an important reminder of the work that still remains in the fight to reduce alcohol-impaired driving fatalities. We draw added encouragement from IIHS’ recognition of the use of DADSS technologies as an intervention that could save thousands of lives. We are committed to completing our work to develop robust technology that can be successfully deployed as widely as possible.

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.