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The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, along with the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety and the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety, have awarded $2.25 million for the development of the world's first in-vehicle alcohol detection device.
Takata Corporation, a worldwide leader in active and passive safety systems, along with TruTouch Technologies, developer of noninvasive biometric alcohol testing systems, have been tabbed to undertake the project, which aims to take drunk drivers off the road.
"As a company solely dedicated to automotive safety, we are excited with the contract from DADSS/ACTS to develop the TruTouch sensors for use in automotive, commercial vehicle and heavy equipment applications," said Kirk Morris, vice president of business development for TK Holdings, a subsidiary of Takata Corporation. "The objective is to develop tools to help intoxicated drivers from operating the vehicle if they are impaired, and to do so in a personal, non-intrusive manner."
According to NHTSA data, 66 percent of fatal crashes occurring between midnight and 3 a.m. resulted from alcohol-impaired driving in 2009. The association also found 8,610 of the drivers involved in said crashes were between 25 and 34 while more than one-third of drivers between 21 and 24 involved in fatal crashes were impaired by alcohol at the time of the incident.
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