Everyone knows that you are not supposed to drink and drive. Today’s generation have had it pounded into their heads in school that drinking and driving can lead to horrible consequences. Nonetheless, it seems like you can’t even blink without being faced with a new story online or in the paper about the horror and tragedy of an accident that is connected to drinking and driving.
Legislation’s been enacted, debates have been had, and a social stigma has been laid firmly in place over drunk driving, and yet the epidemic doesn’t seem to be healing. Despite the fact that people “know,” intellectually, that getting behind the wheel while drunk is a bad idea, they will still do it.
While it may seem like there’s nothing else that we can possibly do to stem the growing booze-tinged tide of accidents, there is one more thing that really hasn’t been done. Most people are a aware of a device called a breathalyzer, which uses the exhalations of a subject to calculate how much alcohol is present in their bloodstream. The breathalyzer is standard equipment in law enforcement, but,
outside of that particular field, very few people have access to such a device.
The Alcobuddy aims to change that. The Alcobuddy is a wall-mounted breathalyzer machine that is the size of a large backpack, and its purpose is to provide the common bar patron access to a breathalyzer, banking on the idea that, if more people knew exactly how much alcohol was in their blood, they’d be less inclined to brush it off as just a “buzz” that they could drive home through.
Mounted at eye-level, the attractive design and significant size of the Alcobuddy is intended to draw the interest and curiosity of passers-by, which, of course, is the very first step to convincing them to try it out. Once a patron examines the Alcobuddy, they will find a video screen that will guide them through the very simple process of testing their blood.
On the side of the owner of the venue, there are also plenty of benefits, mainly in the area of adaptability. Owners will be glad to hear that all of the Alcobuddy’s features can be controlled by nine switches on the inside of the machine, as well as how many features there are. The Alcobuddy contains six hundred straws, and any straws can be used with it, and the alcohol sensor lasts for a maximum of one thousand one hundred uses, the longest in the business. It can be programmed for many different currencies and languages as well, meaning that this isn’t just an English-speaker’s innovation.
If you’d like more information on the Alcobuddy, check out the website at www.alcobuddy.com!
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