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New data underscores the danger on the roads this weekend DENVER, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Newly released alcohol monitoring data for drunk drivers shows that when St. Patrick's Day falls on a weekend, drinking violations skyrocket, with nearly double the illegal drinking for offenders who are court-ordered to abstain from alcohol. According to Denver-based Alcohol Monitoring Systems (AMS), which has monitored more than 279,000 drunk drivers since 2003, confirmed drinking...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- One of North Carolina's most notable legislative efforts this year will go into effect December 1, essentially expanding sanctions and monitoring requirements for repeat drunk drivers. Laura's Law, named after teenager Laura Fortenberry, who was killed by a three-time convicted drunk driver, originally was signed in to law in 2011. In July 2012 state lawmakers tackled some administrative items in the language of the law that streamlined...
DENVER, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New data on repeat, high-risk drunk drivers ordered to be monitored continuously for drinking shows that violations increase an average of 54% on Thanksgiving Day. The holiday, now considered one of the deadliest for alcohol-related fatalities by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is second only to New Year's Eve/Day, when violations jump 62%. The numbers are consistent with data from a number of organizations, including the...
DENVER, Nov. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New data on repeat, high-risk drunk drivers ordered to be monitored continuously for drinking shows that violations increase an average of 54% on Thanksgiving Day. The holiday, now considered one of the deadliest for alcohol-related fatalities by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is second only to New Year's Eve/Day, when violations jump 62%. The numbers are consistent with data from a number of organizations, including the...
In the news release, Combat Veterans Find Sobriety, Redemption Through Kansas City Pilot Program, issued 09-Nov-2012 by Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the first paragraph, second sentence, should read "Strange, after successfully completing..." rather than "Bland, after successfully completing..." as originally issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows: Combat Veterans Find Sobriety, Redemption Through Kansas City...
DENVER, Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Newly released data on individuals monitored every 30 minutes for alcohol consumption shows drinking increases 20.4% on a weekday Halloween, and nearly 25% the weekend prior, compared to drinking the rest of the year. The data was compiled by Alcohol Monitoring Systems, which monitors heavy drinkers 24/7 to ensure compliance with court- or treatment-mandated sobriety. For these individuals, drinking is a violation, and the consequence is often...
ATLANTA and SAN DIEGO, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Numerex Corp (NASDAQ: NMRX), a leading provider of on demand and interactive machine-to-machine (M2M) enterprise solutions, announced today from MobileCon(TM), its collaboration with Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. (AMS) to develop groundbreaking continuous alcohol monitoring products for criminal justice use. AMS' industry-leading SCRAMx wireless ankle bracelet provides courts and law enforcement with an alternative to...
BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York 8(th) Judicial District Hybrid DWI Court was one of six jurisdictions in the U.S. profiled in a newly released National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) study. The report, Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring: Case Studies, evaluates the impact of high-tech transdermal alcohol monitoring on drunk drivers and local communities. Commissioned in 2010, the case studies take an in-depth look at high-tech, transdermal...
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nebraska Supreme Court Office of Probation Administration was one of six jurisdictions in the U.S. chosen for a newly released National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) study that evaluates the impact of high-tech transdermal alcohol monitoring on drunk drivers and local communities. The new report, Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring: Case Studies, was released by NHTSA in early September. The report, commissioned in...
DETROIT, Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wayne County Sheriff's Department officials began tightening down on the area's drunk drivers last October by integrating high-tech alcohol monitoring to keep tabs on the highest-risk offenders. Eleven months later the program is one of the largest Sheriff's programs in the country with the highest percentage of compliant offenders of any agency program. And it's reducing taxpayer costs by millions. According to officials with...
