Drunk Driving
Politician who warned about driving drunk is charged with it
The top Republican in the New York State Assembly was charged New Year's Eve with driving while intoxicated in his state-issued vehicle, just a week after he wrote a newspaper column warning citizens against getting behind the wheel drunk. Kolb was found to be the driver of the 2018 GMC Acadia that crashed in front of his home. An Ontario County sheriff's deputy administered field sobriety tests, which Kolb failed, before taking him to jail.
U.S. lawmakers want to block drunk driving through technology
Two U.S. senators on Wednesday plan to introduce legislation that would require automakers to install technology to prevent intoxicated drivers from starting a vehicle by the middle of the next decade. For more than 10 years, major automakers and the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have been researching technology solutions to prevent impaired driving crashes. In 2017, 10,847 people were killed in crashes on U.S. roads involving an intoxicated driver, with costs to
Drunk wrong-way driver collides with semi in horrifying highway video
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Volvo's camera monitoring tech aims to eliminate distracted and intoxicated driving
Volvo also plans to make standard a key that will limit teens' speed.
Here are two chilling reminders that sidewalks are not for driving
Don't pass school buses, and don't drive drunk.
Police say woman drove drunk on vanilla extract
Officers detected the odor of vanilla on her breath — ya think?
Drunk doofus falls out of truck, gets foot caught in steering wheel
Yep, the headline and picture pretty much take care of this one.
States with the highest and lowest number of drunk driving deaths
As New Year's Eve approaches, let's take a look at the data.
British video shows drunk driver's horrifying journey
If you've never seen the road with the eyes of a drunk driver, the better. However, this dashcam video released by Sussex Police in the UK shows you what it looks like to be barreling down the road significantly over the legal limit. Take this as an instructional video, then.
Ford's hangover suit is aimed at saving lives
Ford Motor Company Europe has developed a suit that can simulate the symptoms of being in the midst of a hangover.
Iowa cop narrowly avoids death at hands of alleged drunk driver
This is why we don't drink and drive, friends.
Jail for drunk driver in video who went airborne with toddler strapped in back
Driving drunk on her way to a wake? She's lucky the next wake wasn't for her and her son.
Thanksgiving traffic in 2016 is going to be even crazier than last year
It's not just your imagination playing tricks on you.
Couple tries to blame drunk driving crash on imaginary black man
A couple from Elyria, OH, are in jail today after driving drunk, crashing their car, and then blaming the whole thing on an imaginary black man.
