Commentary on History of DWI Enforcement: What Does It Tell Us About DUID Enforcement?

In 1952, Borkenstein announced the invention of the breathalyzer, the first practical device for police to use to collect evidential quality blood alcohol information on drivers arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI). Recent technological developments for collecting and analyzing drugs in saliva and urine are providing officers in the field and at the police station with the tools to detect substance abuse in individuals arrested for impaired driving. This is ushering in an age in enforcement of driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) laws similar to that produced half a century ago by the breathalyzer. Although the current DUID measurement methods are not yet accepted for evidential purposes by the courts, they give promise of doing so in the near future. Therefore, it is useful to consider, as this paper does, the lessons learned over the last half century in enforcing DWI laws with chemical test data.

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• Authors:
  • Voas, Robert B
• Conference:
  • Drugs and Traffic: A Symposium
  • Location: Woods Hole Massachusetts, United States
  • Date: 2005-6-20 to 2005-6-21
• Publication Date: 2006-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 107-116
• Monograph Title: Drugs and Traffic: A Symposium, June 20-21, 2005, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: E-C096
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol breath tests; Alcohol chemical tests; Blood alcohol levels; Drug abuse; Drugged drivers; Drugs; Drunk driving; Law enforcement; Lessons learned; Saliva; Technological innovations; Urine
• Old TRIS Terms: Breathalyzers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01025819
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 22 2006 9:26AM