Drinking and Driving? There's An App For That
Hoping to reduce the number of drunk drivers on the road, the Wisconsin DOT has come up with a "Driving Sober" app.
Wisconsin loves to party. But statistically binge drinking has taken a toll on our health, our lives and our wallets, according to a study from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
In an effort to keep those who drink from getting behind the wheel, the Wisconsin DOT has launched the “Driving Sober” app, which officials hope will prevent drunken driving arrests and crashes.
“Last year during the St. Patrick’s holiday weekend, March 16 to 18, four people died in Wisconsin traffic crashes. This year, if drivers always designate before they celebrate and never get behind the wheel while impaired, we could attain zero traffic deaths,” says State Patrol Maj. Sandra Huxtable, director of the DOT's Bureau of Transportation Safety. “By downloading the new Drive Sober app, motorists can help prevent drunken driving crashes that devastate individuals, families and entire communities.”
The app includes:
- A blood alcohol estimator.
- A designated driver selector.
- A function to find a safe ride home that uses the phone’s GPS to provide contacts for nearby taxi, mass transit and designated-driver services
- Impairment goggles that show the physical effects of increased alcohol levels.
- Video clips of Wisconsin’s top skateboarders, BMX bikers, snowboarders and snowmobilers performing amazing stunts as seen in the Zero In Wisconsin TV messages.
Nuitari
10:08 am on Saturday, March 16, 2013
Does this app show where the nearest bodies of water are so that I may avoid falling in them after I'm piss drunk?
yomammy
7:02 pm on Sunday, March 17, 2013
no senator....
Steve ®
11:30 am on Saturday, March 16, 2013
Stupid and anything from the government should not be trusted. Get yourself a good breathalyzer and make sure you have it calibrated as the directions indicate. A good one will last 1500 tests before that is needed.
Keep it in your car and use as needed. Stay ahead of the government.
Cricket
6:43 pm on Sunday, March 17, 2013
If someone is too drunk to drive I doubt they would have the coordination or a clear head to remember to use the app's. What we really need is for law enforcement, judges or who ever to stiffen the penalties for first time offenders so that the consequences are too much for a second or third. We live in the drunkest state in the nation yet right here on Patch there is an article on where people want to "celebrate" St Patricks day. Drinking is so over glorified in this state that any conversation against it is hypocritical.
Jaime Lannister
2:57 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
You like your penalties nice and stiff do ya... So how are you going to pay for your plan to lock up an additional 40,000 people per year at a cost to the state of around $500million per year? Maybe you can get on a payment plan, I'm sure you're good for it...
Terry
4:11 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The whole point of stiffer penalties is to discourage those 40,000 from getting themselves arrested.
But yes, to answer your question, I am prepared to pay for it. Statistically speaking, if I am going to be injured or killed by criminal act in this state, it is likely to be a drunk driver. That's 40,000 drivers on the road that could kill me or my family, and those are just the ones that are getting caught.
Yes, I am OK with paying to lock them up.