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[Laser device can detect alcohol in cars]

Everybody knows that alcohol use and driving is a major and lethal problem in our country. We try to find new ways to stop it every day but nothing has been successful yet. There is a new laser device that can detect alcohol in cars while there moving! A cop can set up this device on the side of the road and then if it detects alcohol vapor in a passing car it notifies the nearby cop with a picture of the car and then the cop can take it from there. Tests have shown that this device can detect the alcohol if it is at 0.1 or higher. Also, even if the driver isn’t drunk it will still detect the alcohol from the passenger which has its pros and cons. This study was done by Jarosław Młyńczak, Jan Kubicki, and Krzysztof Kopczyński of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw. This device is far from perfect but once it is complete than it is going to save millions of lives! On average, 18,000 people die every year due to drunk driving. Imagine the mass amounts of lives that could be saved from this device! It is extraordinary and I am excited to see what the future holds for this laser device.

References: SPIE. (2014, June 2). Laser device can detect alcohol in cars: External device detects presence of alcohol vapors inside of a moving car. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 19, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140602155959.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140602155959.htm

Jaroslaw Mlynczak, Jan Kubicki, Krzysztof Kopczynski. **Stand-off detection of alcohol in car cabins**. //Journal of Applied Remote Sensing//, 2014; 8 (1): 083627 DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.8.083627

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