Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Drunk Driving

Feds to Explore Drunk Driving Prevention Tech

By Kea Wilson | Nov 16, 2020 | No Comments

We have the technology we need to stop drunk driving right now. Why aren't we using it?

Why Some Dangerous Drivers Keep Their Licenses

By Kea Wilson | Aug 19, 2020 | No Comments

A new short form documentary from the Boston Globe exposes how a loophole in the national driver's license compact is keeping drivers who have killed on U.S. roads.

The prevalence of autonomous vehicles will lead to more traffic congestion in the future, a new study finds

Robot Cars of the Future Can’t Fix Traffic, Pollution, Sprawl

By Aaron Short | Nov 1, 2019 | No Comments

A new study shows traffic congestion in cities will become significantly worse if autonomous vehicles proliferate.

Memphis has one of the highest pedestrian fatality rates in the country thanks to distracted drivers and a network of roads that aren't safe for pedestrians. Image: Eric Allix Rogers

Memphis is the Most Dangerous Place to Walk

By Aaron Short | Oct 29, 2019 | No Comments

But progress on pedestrian safety is moving slowly (unlike Bluff City drivers!).

Kaitlin Marie Hunt and her three-month-old daughter Riley were killed by an 18-year-old SUV driver in 2017. Photo: Hunt family via Atlanta Journal Constitution

We Must Change How We Talk about Pedestrian Deaths

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 12, 2019 | 48 Comments

The death of three more pedestrians offers yet another example of what can go wrong when drivers do not exercise due care — and why so few drivers learn the lesson.

Other States Should Copy Utah’s New Drunk Driving Rule

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 4, 2019 | 46 Comments

The new law lowers the threshold for impairment to .05 blood-alcohol level — which is what experts recommend.

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