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Abstract: 

Identification of a drinking driver through the criminal justice system provides the government with an opportunity to intervene in the offender’s drinking driving behavior with an eye to protecting the public from such offenders who are at four times the normal risk of involvement in a fatal drunk-driving crash. It is in the area of incapacitation or the control of the driving opportunities of DUI/DWI offenders that technological progress is proceeding most rapidly, but our criminal justice system (particularly the courts that handle drunk drivers) has been slow to exploit fully the possibilities the new methods provided by technology for monitoring high-risk drinking drivers offer. This article discusses previous methods to control drunk driving throughout the century and the ways in which it is possible to eliminate it completely in the future.

Keywords: DUI/DWI;

Affiliations:  1: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE).