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

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

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. This paper will outline the technological approaches and program status.

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2011

Ferguson SA, Zaouk A, Dalal N, Strohl C, Traube E, Strassburger R. Driver alcohol detection system for safety (DADSS): Phase I prototype testing and findings. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 13-16, 2011; Washington, DC.

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.

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2017

Zaouk AK, Wills M, Dalal N, Traube E, Strassburger R. Driver alcohol detection system for safety (DADSS): a status update. In: Proceedings of the 25th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 5-8, 2017; Detroit, MI.

2017

Tagawa T, Kuriyama A, Atsumi B. Feasibility study on detecting drunk driving by driving maneuver and vehicle behavior: discriminating between drunk driving and drowsy driving using data from vahicle-based sensors. In: Proceedings of the 25th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 5-8, 2017; Detroit, MI.