Impaired driving prevention
How a crash on New Year’s Day 2021 has led to attempts to equip vehicles with blood alcohol monitoring systems.
On Friday Jan. 1, 2021, a sport utility vehicle was traveling near Avenal in central California while a pickup truck — occupied by a driver and seven passengers, ranging in age from 6 to 15 years old — was traveling north on State Route 33. The SUV accelerated to a speed between 88 and 98 mph, then it ran off the shoulder to the right. The driver...