DUI Checkpoint Apps Under Scrutiny
DUI Checkpoint Apps Under Scrutiny
Earlier this year, four U.S. Senators began a campaign to force smartphone service providers and the makers of apps that alert drivers to the location of DUI checkpoints from selling these apps to customers.
Sens. Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Tom Udall and Frank Lautenberg consider these apps a hazard to public safety because they allow users to avoid drunk driving checkpoints. In March, the four sent a letter to Google, Research in Motion and Apple asking the companies to remove these apps from their smartphone stores.
The senators ...
