In-car breathalyzers for DUI offenders curb drunk-driving deaths by 15 percent

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/uops-ibf031616.php

PUBLIC RELEASE: 17-MAR-2016
In-car breathalyzers for DUI offenders curb drunk-driving deaths by 15 percent
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

State laws that require drivers who've been convicted of drunk driving to pass a breathalyzer-type test before starting their cars saved an estimated 915 lives between 2007 and 2013, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings represent a 15 percent reduction in drunk driving-related deaths compared to states without legislation requiring DUI offenders to use "mandatory ignition interlock."

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