By Jan Withers

The Senate recently included a provision in Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (or MAP-21), which is the Senate version of the surface transportation reauthorization bill, that would authorize $12 million a year, over two years, for DADSS.

WASHINGTON – A coalition of companies and industry groups — including the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, AAA and American Trucking Associations — is urging Congress to fund an advanced drunk driving detection research program.

WASHINGTON, July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A broad range of safety, auto, insurance and alcohol industry groups and companies has called on Congress to pass legislation to provide funding for an advanced drunk driving detection research program which could lead to more than 8,000 fewer highway fatalities each year and a nationwide economic cost saving of approximately $130 billion annually.

By Ben Gruber

Accidents happen every day, but according to the World Health Organization drunk drivers are responsible for a million road deaths every year.

By Tuan Nguyen

Government officials have given a tentative thumbs up to a new technology for cars that would render the concept of driving while drunk a non-starter — literally.