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Women Arrested for Drunk Driving Increases While Men Take More Care
January 6, 2010 – 11:49 am

For those women who are striving for greater equality between the sexes, women are definitely gaining on men in one key area: arrests for drunken driving. According to a Chicago Tribune story, women are racing …

Intervention Method May Help Curb Drunk Driving
November 26, 2009 – 11:52 am

Driving while intoxicated is not only illegal, it also puts the life of the driver and everyone else on the road at risk. The biggest problem on the road today is DWI recidivists, or those …

Australian Police to Use Twitter to Target Drunk Driving
July 26, 2009 – 8:00 am

Australian police announced that they will begin using Twitter, a popular micro-blogging service, to discourage drunk driving among young people. Victoria state police deputy commissioner Ken Lay said he would post “embarrassingly boozy breath readings” …

Drunk Driving Down; Drugged Driving Up
July 14, 2009 – 12:00 pm

A government survey found that the number of drunk-driving cases has fallen sharply over the last 30 years due to tougher laws and a shift in societal views on alcohol. However, a separate survey showed …

Visible Intoxication is Different From Obvious Intoxication
June 16, 2009 – 12:07 pm

Impaired driving is one of the most well known deadly consequences of alcohol intoxication. As well as people understand the side effects of intoxication, it can still be difficult for trained observers to fully identify …

Israel’s Driving Simulator Tests the Effects of both Alcohol and Marijuana
June 1, 2009 – 11:41 am

We’ve all heard the argument that drunk drivers are more dangerous than stoned drivers (and vice versa), but statistics have never been conclusive. This longstanding debate prompted scientists at Israel’s Ben Gurion University to build …

California Noticing Surge in Female Drunk Driving
April 21, 2009 – 9:03 am

The roads in California are becoming more dangerous. According to a report in the Sacramento Bee, the state is seeing a surge in young women getting behind the wheel and driving drunk.
While men still dominate …