Technology Gives Potential to Stop Drunk Driving & Lower Premiums

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New technology may help eliminate drunk driving and slash auto insurance quotesAugust 10th, 2011

Each year there are one million driving while intoxicated (DWI) convictions and 1.5 million arrests, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. As a result, more than 10,800 people died in crashes that involved a drunk driver throughout the U.S. in 2009. That figure represents 32 percent of all crash-related fatalities for the entire year.

What can be done?

In an effort to reduce the number of drunk drivers on the road and the related accidents, a coalition made up of safety advocates, auto insurance companies and the alcohol industry have asked Congress to approve a research program exploring automatic alcohol-detection devices that could see auto insurance quotesslashed.

The $60-million five-year research program would look into the impact outfitting every car on the road with a detection system may have on the country and the number of alcohol-related accidents on America’s roads.

In one form, technology could allow the detection of blood alcohol level by the touch of a finger. The could involve some sort of breath-based system. Not only can technology increase innovation but it has the potential to save lives.