Driver alcohol detection system for safety (DADSS):​ a status update

Zaouk, Abdullatif K.; Wills, Michael; Dalal, Neeraj; Traube, Eric; Strassburger, Robert

Affiliations

¹KEA Technologies, Inc., U.S.A.

²National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S.A.

³Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, U.S.A.

Abstract

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS) began research in February 2008 to try to find potential in-vehicle approaches to the problem of alcohol-impaired driving. Members of ACTS comprise motor vehicle manufacturers representing approximately 99 percent of light vehicle sales in the U.S. This cooperative research partnership, known as the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) Program, is exploring the feasibility, the potential benefits of, and the public policy challenges associated with a more widespread use of non-invasive technology to prevent alcohol-impaired driving. The 2008 cooperative agreement between NHTSA and ACTS for Phases I and II outlined a program of research to assess the state of detection technologies that are capable of measuring blood alcohol concentration (BAC) or Breath Alcohol Concentration (BrAC) and to support the creation and testing of prototypes and subsequent hardware that could be installed in vehicles. Phase 3, funded under the 2013 cooperative agreement (2013 CA), and subsequent phases of research, outline further refinement of the technology. It will test how the instruments might operate in a vehicle, as well as perform basic and applied research to understand human interaction with the sensors both physiologically and ergonomically. At the completion of this effort a determination will be made with respect to the devices, whether the DADSS technologies can ultimately be commercialized. This paper will outline the technological approaches and program status.

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Cited Works (2)

Year	Entry
2009	Ferguson SA, Traube E, Zaouk A, Strassburger R. Driver alcohol detection system for safety (DADSS): a non-regulatory approach in the development and deployment of vehicle safety technology to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. In: Proceedings of the 21st International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 15-18, 2009; Stuttgart, Germany.
2015	Zaouk AK, Wills M, Traube E, Strassburger R. Driver alcohol detection system for safety (DADSS): a status update. In: Proceedings of the 24th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 8-11, 2015; Gothenburg, Sweden.

Cited By (3)

Year	Entry
2019	Zaouk AK, Willis M, Traube E, Strassburger R. Driver alcohol detection system for safety (DADSS): a non-regulatory approach in the research and development of vehicle safety technology to reduce alcohol-impaired driving: a status update. In: Proceedings of the 26th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 10-13, 2019; Eindhoven, Netherlands.
2019	Willis M, Zaouk AK, Bowers K, Chaggaris C, Spicer R, Bahouth G, Strassburger R, Traube E. Driver alcohol detection system for safety (DADSS): pilot field operational tests (PFOT) vehicle instrumentation and integration of DADSS technology. In: Proceedings of the 26th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 10-13, 2019; Eindhoven, Netherlands.
2019	Fournier R, Zaouk AK, Wills M, Strassburger R, Spicer R. Assessing system implementation readiness of the driver alcohol detection system for safety (dadss) to reduce alcohol-impaired driving in a real-world driving pilot deployment project. In: Proceedings of the 26th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 10-13, 2019; Eindhoven, Netherlands.