New Laser Device May Be A Drunk Driver's Worst Nightmare

Scientists in Poland may have come up with a powerful new deterrent to drunk driving. It's a laser-based device that can detect alcohol vapor--like that exhaled by someone who's been drinking--inside a car as it passes by.

The device works by detecting subtle changes in the laser beam as it passes through the alcohol vapor.
"We all are already familiar with laser instruments used by the police for speed-limit enforcement," Dr. Marco Gianinetto, a Polytechnic University of Milan researcher who has no connection to the Polish research, said in a written statement. "In the future, a similar technology may be developed to detect different chemical compounds, enabling the detection of drivers under the influence of other intoxicants."

When Will Texting And Driving Be As Taboo As Drunken Driving?

 

When it comes to texting and driving, the problem isn't a lack of awareness about the risk. Ninety-eight percent of people know that it's dangerous, yet three in four are offenders, according to a new survey that AT&T designed with Dr. David Greenfield, founder of The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Texting while driving has been shown to be more dangerous than drunken driving, and it is the leading cause of death for teens in the U.S., according to a 2013 study. Greenfield talked with The Huffington Post about why people continue to text and drive, how they can make themselves stop, and what it will take for it to become as taboo as drinking and driving.

This study showed that nearly everyone knows texting while driving is dangerous, but most people do it anyway. Do people tend to think they are better at multitasking than everyone else?

11-year-old Brooklyn boy in drunk driving crash dies of injuries

Anthony Pollydore, 65, at Kings County Criminal Court, where he was ordered held without bail and his license was suspended after getting charged with aggravated vehicular assault and aggravated drunken driving with a child.

The 11-year-old Brooklyn boy who was hurt in a DWI accident has died, a prosecutor said Monday.

Little Dylan Perry succumbed to injuries suffered when his stepfather Anthony Pollydore, 65, crashed into a light post Sunday morning, authorities said.

Am I a Drug Addict or Just Really Fun? (VIDEO)

When I arrived in Los Angeles at 18, I had a strict "no drugs" policy. I was a product of a generation that had experienced fifth-grade D.A.R.E. and had been traumatized when Jessie Spano hat gotten addicted to caffeine pills on Saved by the Bell. No thanks, drugs! I will be taking care of my body and mind and simply drinking myself into a blackout.

However, when I got hired to work in a gay club as a go-go boy, I found that drugs were almost an integral aspect of the party scene. I caved and decided to just try them. At first it was innocent enough: a bump of cocaine before work, a harmless pill of E at an all-night rave, something called "Liquid X."

In episode 5 of Go-Go Boy Interrupted, Danny decides to clean up his act and get a real job (as a babysitter). However, the interview goes south when Danny's partying history catches up with him.