Anti-drunken driving activist group pushing new technology to eliminate problem in U.S.
New technology such as alcohol-detecting devices in cars may hold the key to eliminating drunken driving, the activist group Mothers Against Drunk Driving assert in a campaign started Monday.The organization and the U.S. Department of Transportation are pushing for such devices as well as tougher enforcement around the country.
“If we can’t stop drunks from driving, we’ll stop vehicles from driving drunks,” said Glynn Birch, president of MADD, at a news conference. Birch said technology, along with tougher laws and enforcement, has put the elimination of drunken driving “at our fingertips.”
The organization wants states to pass laws that would require breath-test interlock devices in vehicles for all those who have been convicted of drunken driving even after the first offense. Only New Mexico has such a law for first offenders; 45 states and the District of Columbia allow the device for some offenders.