You might be aware that courts often mandate an ignition interlock device (IID) for a DUI offender. Ignition interlocks, sometimes called car breathalyzers, prevent a vehicle from starting if the driver has been drinking. A…

Beer has always been plentiful in the US – even when it was outlawed – but the beer landscape has changed in the past two decades. For most of the 20th Century there were national brands –…

Did you know that you don’t even have to be driving to be arrested for a DUI? In most states, you just need to be in what is called physical control of the car, even if the…

Today’s devices are extremely accurate and reliable, thanks in large part to one major advancement: the fuel cell method of alcohol detection. The First Generation: Semiconductors Ignition interlocks, also called car breathalyzers, got their reputation…

As states go, Arizona is one of the least tolerant of drunk drivers. While jail time is a possibility after a DUI conviction in most states, drunk driving in Arizona guarantees that you will spend time…

Early this month a Cook County judge gave Leslie Thurow probation for aggravated DUI. It was her second conviction for drunken driving. It was also a bad decision by the judge. A few days later…

There are a lot of anti-drunk driving PSAs out there. Many of them stress the obvious dangers — very real dangers— of impaired driving. Nothing wrong with that. This video takes a different tack, and does…

If you’re unfamiliar with ignition interlock devices — those  in car breathalyzers that prevent a vehicle from starting if the driver has been drinking — you might think that they’re easy to bypass. “Just have…

Some may consider an ignition interlock in their car a  part of their punishment for a DUI conviction. They consider the device part of the DUI package: a fine, a stay in jail, perhaps an…

Recently the Wisconsin State Journal reprinted  a 90-year-old editorial on car safety, and in doing so, illuminated a time when life and motoring were different. The editorial reminds us that the driver is “an engineer, fully…