The Alcobuddy

It’s an unfortunate reality that way too many people try to drive while inebriated, despite the fact that everyone knows what can happen when one drives drunk. Every time you turn around, it seems you’ll find another tragic story about the consequences of driving while under the influence. It affects everyone when someone gets behind the wheel of a car with alcohol in their blood.

Dozens of legal measures, educational programs, and social stigma across America have tried to slow down or stop what can truly be called an epidemic, but there doesn’t seem to be a cure in sight no matter what is done.

However, there is one simple solution that has been glaringly omitted during all of the legislation and debate and protest – the breathalyzer. Breathalyzers are standard equipment for police officers, are easy to use, and are quick and accurate. Despite this, they are not widely available to those of us who do not work in law enforcement, and, well, obviously not every drunk driver is apprehended before tragedy strikes.

Making the breathalyzer and its hard data available to the average Joe or Jane is what the Alcobuddy is all about. The Alcobuddy is a wall-mounting breathalyzer machine designed to be mounted on a barroom wall. The size of a large backpack, brightly coloured, and meant to be mounted at eye level, it’s bound to catch the attention and curiosity of many a patron, be they sober or intoxicated. Once their curiosity is piqued, the patron will find that the Alcobuddy has a digital video screen to walk them through the process of testing their blood-alcohol level. The owner of an establishment will be happy to note the autonomy of the Alcobuddy, as well; it holds six hundred of the straws needed for use – any kind of straw will do, and the alcohol sensor itself lasts for between eight hundred and eleven hundred uses, the longest lasting sensor in the business. Along with this emphasis on autonomy comes an emphasis on adaptability. The Alcobuddy accepts ones, fives, tens, twenties, and credit cards in America, but can be reprogrammed for any currency in the world. Also adding to this positively global adaptability is the wide range of available languages and the fact that the Alcobuddy has a bilingual capability.

These features, however, while numerous, are not nearly the best reason to purchase and install an Alcobuddy in your barroom or club; the most obvious and most ethical reason to install one (or two, or two dozen) is that the presence and use of a breathalyzer would make a great deterrent. I’m sure of it. Most people don’t ever feel as drunk as they are, and so the presence of cold, unfeeling numbers will set them to rights in that regard.

Interested? Check out the web site, www.alcobuddy.com, and who knows? You just might save a life or two.