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Today’s post comes to us from fellow ignition interlock provider, LifeSafer. Apparently, men across the world have been getting pulled over for drunk driving any number of weird “vehicles” lately. We’ll let LifeSafer take it away from here. Here’s the rule: if it has wheels, someone will have too many drinks and then take off …
If you have been out partying and need a ride home, a taxi is a lot closer than you think. Just call #TAXI to book the next available cab. You might not be aware of #TAXI, a service that is available on virtually every mobile phone in the US and Canada. All of the major …
Some laws are just weird. They’re either weird because they’re so random (Ohio has a law that you can’t get a fish drunk) or so ludicrous (It’s illegal to sneeze on city streets in Asheville, NC). North Carolina has it’s fair share of weird laws, including the illegality of rollerblading on a state highway in Southern …
Today’s post comes to us from fellow ignition interlock provider, LifeSafer. ——- Have you ever hit a curb when making a turn, say, out of a driveway? Most of us have at one time or another. Usually we say, “Whoops!” and drive on. But seeing a driver glance off a curb on the way out of a Walmart …
Today’s post comes to us from fellow ignition interlock provider, LifeSafer. There are a lot of anti-drunk driving Public Service Announcements out there. Many of them stress the obvious dangers — very real dangers— of impaired driving. Nothing wrong with that. This video takes a different track, and does it beautifully. Instead of emphasizing the peril, …
So, last week we posed this question — should every commercial vehicle be required to have an ignition interlock? And two weeks ago we highlighted an interesting French law that required people to have portable breathalyzer devices in their vehicles to allow them to test their BAC before driving. These posts have led us to an even …
Today’s post comes to us from fellow ignition interlock provider, LifeSafer. If you’re unfamiliar with ignition interlock devices — those 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 a friend blow into it,” some people say. Or “start the …
To answer this question, let’s look to a county that’s already successfully implemented an ignition interlock program for commercial vehicles. In 1997, Sweden adopted Vision Zero, an initiative to get to zero deaths and zero seriously injured in traffic. From 1997 to 2011, Sweden’s fatal traffic accidents were reduced by 35%. In that time, Swedish officials also noted that about 25% of …
