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July 20, 2025

A New Road to Safety: Massachusetts Drivers and the Coming 2026 Drunk-Driving Detection Mandate

As a personal injury attorney dedicated to protecting victims of drunk-driving crashes, I know that the most effective way to save lives is to stop these tragedies before they happen. Beginning with the 2026 model year, a groundbreaking federal requirement will mandate that all new passenger vehicles be equipped with advanced drunk-driving detection systems. This measure will impact drivers nationwide, including here in Massachusetts, and is aimed at making impaired driving a relic of the past.

Our drunk driving victim accident attorney explains the new mandate, the technology behind it, and its implications for safety, privacy, and the evolving legal landscape.

The Legislative Foundation

March 25, 2017

Boston Medical Center: DUI Deaths Among Youth Curbed with Strong Anti-Alcohol Policies

by Jeffrey S. Glassman

Tighter alcohol restrictions and stronger alcohol policies may be the key to unlocking lower drunk driving deaths among Boston’s youth. That’s according to a recent study by researchers at Boston Medical Center.

The analysis was published recently online by the journal Pediatrics, and underscores the importance of alcohol control policies that are both strong and comprehensive in lowering the number of DUI-related deaths among young people.

As it stands, car accidents are one of the top causes of death among people under the age of 21 in the U.S. It’s particularly bad in Massachusetts, where 40 percent of all fatal car accidents involve a drunk driver and we are in the top 25 percent of states with the highest rates of youths who die in alcohol-related crashes. Continue reading

July 10, 2016

Rehoboth Drunk Driving Accident Kills Motorcyclist Who Was Recent Retiree, Cancer Survivor

by Jeffrey S. Glassman

A 40-year-old pickup truck driver is now facing charges of motor vehicle homicide and drunk driving after the death of a 63-year-old motorcyclist who was reportedly struck head-on while riding on Agricultural Avenue in Rehoboth, about an hour south of Boston.

The victim had only recently retired from construction work. He had also recently survived a long battle with cancer. When he got a clean bill of health, he went out and bought the motorcycle to himself as a gift.

“He retired and decided he would enjoy life a little bit,” friends and family told local reporters. And by all accounts, he deserved to do that. After erecting a makeshift memorial at the crash site, mourners gathered to hold a memorial in remembrance of the “good man” they say “never did anything wrong to anybody” and was there “anytime you needed anything.” Continue reading

July 2, 2016

$12.9 Million Awarded to Family of Drunk Driving Victim

by Jeffrey S. Glassman

Survivors of a man killed in a drunk driving accident have been awarded $12.9 million in damages by an Indiana jury.

However, whether they will actually be able to collect those damages is questionable.

The details of the wreck, according to the criminal case, Barlow v. State of Indiana, defendant was driving with three passengers in his vehicle, including his fiancee, on their way to a casino. Defendant was allegedly driving 80 mph, far in excess of the 55 mph speed limit, when he crossed the center line and hit another driver head-on, instantly killing that driver. Defendant’s vehicle burst into flames, and although defendant tried to rescue his three passengers, all three of them perished. Continue reading