Ever wondered how many “safe, legal” morning-after drivers are actually still impaired, and what that means for road risk on your network?
If you’re responsible for safety outcomes, fleet policy, roadside enforcement strategy, or transport technology adoption, this episode lands on a stubborn, current problem: morning-after drink-driving is still a major slice of prosecutions and risk, despite years of awareness campaigns.
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In today’s Highways Voices with Alcosense founder Hunter Abbott, you’ll hear why rule-of-thumb unit counting fails, how physiology makes impairment wildly unpredictable, and why “below the limit” can still mean elevated crash likelihood.
“Somewhere between 50 and 55% of the users had had a reading the morning after, which stopped them from driving when otherwise… they would have got behind the wheel… we’ve literally stopped tens of thousands of people from drink driving the morning after,” he tells host Paul Hutton (pictured testing an Alcosense device).
If you manage a team that drives for work, you need to hear what Hunter has to say: Companies can be liable if staff drive intoxicated for work, not just the individual, so this helps manage the corporate risk around legal, safety, brand, and welfare.
Hit play to get takeaways you can use in your next safety review or policy decision, especially during peak Christmas party season.
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