In future, cars might decide if driver is drunk

Laura Dean Mooney, national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), holds up a photograph of her late husband Mike and their daughter as U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood stands behind her during a news conference announcing the new Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) in Waltham, Mass., Friday morning, Jan. 28, 2011. Mooney's husband was killed 20 years ago by a drunk driver. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)An alcohol-detection prototype that uses automatic sensors to gauge a driver’s fitness to be on the road has the potential to save thousands of lives, but could be a decade away from everyday use.



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