RBS Laws

In addition to prohibition there are other practices designed to prevent drunk drivers from being able to drive when to drunk whether that be by keeping them from leaving a bar while drunk or making their car unstartable when drunk. One such example are Responsible Beverage Service Laws or RBS laws which are laws that require education for restaurants and other establishments that serve alcohol on how to responsibly serve alcohol to people. These laws were created with the intention that if employees notice a person has consumed to much they will either stop serving and allow them to sober up or be able to recognize when a person has drank too much and not allow they to try and drive home. Although the intentions of the law were designed to prevent drunk drivers from leaving restaurants and bars and then driving home, yet the evidence did not support the idea that having RBS laws or having more detailed RBS laws did not lead to a decrease in self-reported drum driving nor did it lead to a decrease in alcohol-impaired driving fatalities (Linde, Toomey, Wolfson, Lenk,
That being said, a law which proved effective at stemming drunk driving was one which took the judgment out of the hands of some bartender or waitress and gave it to a breathalyzer attached to a c ar. This is the ignition interlock system which is usually installed in cars of people who have been convicted of drunk driving at some point and it requires a person to take a breathalyzer test attached to the interior of their car before being able to drive. Crucially, a person’s care will not start unless a person blows under the legal limit of .08 BAC. The system is designed so that no matter where a person drinks, they cannot physically drive their own car while drunk as their car will not start if they cannot pass the breathalyzer