#Beware Drunk Drivers, DADSS is Coming to Trap You! In the first-of-its-kind endeavor, the National Highway Traffic safety Administration has collaborated with the Automotive Coalition for Traffic safety, to roll out a technology that can sense if a person driving a car is drunk in fact. The program though started as early as 2008, was ready with its full-fledged Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) only recently. A video posted on Youtube last Thursday displayed the technology via a test vehicle equipped with mock-up DADSS, that was aimed to analyze driver interactions with the system. The technology functions in a way that it causes the cars to shut down if it finds that the drivers exceed the permissible blood alcohol levels. Presently a blood alcohol level higher than 0. 8, which is considered as the legal limit, is detected by the twin sensors. The DADSS works with two devices-Breath-based sensors and touch-based sensors. The former have the ability to measure alcohol molecules in the driver's breath. Whereas, the latter use infrared tissue spectroscopy, wherein the sensor measures the intensity of light absorbed by alcohol, to zero in on the blood alcohol level. Following the pilot test, the NHTSA stated that, "The agency joined with members of Congress, safety advocates and industry representatives at the US Department of transportation's headquarters to highlight advances in the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) program"."In fact, the DADSS is being seen as an answer to the battle against drunken driving deaths and it has immense potential to check drunk driving by irresponsible drivers s
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