DISCUS, Responsibility.org Praise Infrastructure Bill Signing

The bipartisan infrastructure bill signed by President Biden includes critical impaired-driving prevention measures, and Chris Swonger, president/CEO, Distilled Spirits Council and Responsibility.org noted that total traffic deaths, including impaired-driving fatalities, increased during the pandemic.  “Critical traffic safety language included in the new law will help eradicate preventable impaired driving deaths, injuries, and crashes on our nation’s roads,” he said. 

“States will also be better positioned to address impaired driving in all forms, including multiple-substance impaired driving—an emerging threat on our nation’s roads,” Swonger said, adding: “Combining substances leads to a dangerous effect on driver impairment and can dramatically increase the risk of crashing.”