2019 Brings Changes to DUI Law
Nearly 30 years ago, one federal safety agency encouraged Congress to enact legislation to reduce alcohol-related auto accidents. Eventually, individual states started enforcing laws to determine if a driver was impaired; they did this by testing the driver’s blood...
Proving Marijuana Buzzes a Hazy Science
With Legal Pot, Testing Impairment Became Harder Just as smoking a joint can impair your judgment, police nationwide are having a difficult time judging how deeply cannabis is affecting you while behind the wheel. Ironically, the question “Are you high?” is even more...
The Dangers of Driving While Distracted
Distracted Driving Resources for Colorado Drivers The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines distracted driving as: “…any activity that diverts attention from driving, including talking or texting on your phone, eating and drinking, talking to...
State Struggles to Track Drugged Driving
Colorado Lacks Reliable Data Necessary to Measure Abuse Trend How do you track a problem like drug-impaired driving in Colorado when recreational marijuana is legal and, unlike with alcohol, you don’t have a reliable, convenient, affordable way to test for abuse, and...
Could 2019 Be the Breakout Year for Autonomous Vehicles?
How Manufacturers and Rideshare Companies Are Putting Theory Into Practice When you hear the term “autonomous vehicle” or “self-driving car,” most people think 21st-century technology. But some 80 years ago at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, there was an exhibit by...
Drivers and Walkers to Blame for Increased Pedestrian Accident Fatalities
6000 Deaths in Recent Years Has Caused Safety Officials to Worry While the number of people killed in auto accidents is slowly leveling off, pedestrians are now finding themselves in harm’s way more often than in previous years. The headlines tell the story,...