Technology tries to solve the problem of drunk driving

Connecticut drivers know that getting behind the wheel while drunk can lead to painful, or fatal, car accidents, yet drunk driving remains a problem nationwide. However, there have been new advances in technology that hope to make a dent in this problem.

As Geektime reports, an Israeli developer has created an app that can detect when a user is drunk without a breathalyzer. The app collects data on a user’s movements in the background, running on a smartphone or wearable device constantly, so it has an indication of how the user normally walks and moves while sober. Using this data, it can detect changes in the user’s movements when he or she has had too much to drink. So far they have been able to predict with 93 percent accuracy. This is still in production, but the developer hopes to use the information and communicate with the car to tell it not to start when the user has been drinking too much.