Young people are using new media technology, including cell phones, personal data assistants, and the Internet, to communicate with others in the United States and throughout the world. New communication avenues, such as text messaging, chat rooms, and social networking websites, have allowed youth to easily develop relationships, some with people they have never met in person.

There is exciting news in the ongoing fight to prevent and maybe even eliminate a major threat to the American family: drunk driving.

Advanced technology to prevent drunk drivers from operating vehicles holds the potential of eliminating this threat. For nearly three years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and leading automakers, working through the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety, have partnered on an advanced alcohol detection research program called DADSS, Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety.