3 Annotated Bibliographies

·      http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1907493,00.html

Szczesny, Joseph R. "Coming Soon: A Breathalyzer in Every Car?" Time. Time, 01 July 2009. Web. 26 Feb. 2012.

This article in Time magazine says that breathalyzers in cars might be implemented in the future. The article explains how it works and how many states already use it for past DUI offenders. It also talks about car companies manufacturing new ways to detect if a person is drunk driving. Finally, it explains how Mothers Against Drunk Driving are pushing hard to get this achieved.

·      http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2006-04-24-breathalyzer-usat_x.htm

O'Donnell, Jayne. "Will All Autos Some Day Have Breathalyzers?" USA Today. 28 Apr. 2006. Web. 26 Feb. 2012.

This article explains that breathalyzers may not even be necessary. It says that new technology is surfacing that could detect alcohol on the skin surface. Some people compare breathalyzers in all cars to the banning of using cell phones in cars or having to wear a seat belt. The article then goes on to give people’s personal experiences with interlock systems and how they saved their lives. Lastly, the article offers an idea which would make having breathalyzers in cars optional to the buyer.

·      http://www.drinkinganddriving.org/Articles/personal-tech.html

"Personal Tech." Drinking And Driving .org. 15 Feb. 2012. Web. 27 Feb. 2012.

This article explains how to use the interlock system in depth. It explains how people try to cheat the system too. Luckily the interlock system has a way to check to see if the driver is cheating or not. The article then goes on to explain that 15 states already require a past DUI offender to have an interlock system in his or her car.

Breathalyzers Becoming Stock in All Cars

         I’m a very big proponent of eliminating drunk driving, and I think there is a solution that will save many lives. So, I believe there should be breathalyzers in every car that is driven on U.S. roads. This idea has been implemented to past DUI offenders, but not to the whole American public. While I believe this is a start, we can still do better to eliminate drunken driving fatalities.

The concept is easy: you blow a 0.00, then your car will start. Anything above a 0.00 would result in the car not starting. Now people will start telling me that the legal drinking limit is 0.08, so really the car should start if the person blows anything less than a 0.08. But I think the car should start only if the person blows a 0.00. It has been proven that even though the legal drinking limit is 0.08 that even one or two beers can impair someone’s driving. If people want to stop drunk driving then this is the best idea we have right now.

The reports have been good from past DUI offenders because we know that once you are a DUI offender, then the odds of that person doing it again is likely. The reports from the past DUI offenders are that the breathalyzers in cars have worked. The odd of an offender committing the crime is significantly less than it was before the implementation of breathalyzers in cars. Obviously there would have to be a change in the states definition of the legal drinking age for this to happen. I think this implementation would be beneficial for teens that are just getting accustomed to driving too. Maybe not for the people that have been driving for a long time. For the people that want to get serious about drinking and driving…this is your solution.

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• Will it decrease fatalities on the road?
• How will society react?
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• Will car companies accept putting breathalyzers in their cars?

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