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U.S. Senators Want Apple to End DUI Checkpoint Apps

By Lawrence Taylor

Senators are now pressuring Apple and others companies to remove internet applications which warn motorists of drunk driving roadblocks. Senators Ask Apple, Google, RIM to Pull Checkpoint Apps  Washington, DC.  March 22 — Four Democratic senators on Tuesday penned a letter to Apple, Google, and Research in Motion to urge the companies to remove apps that provide users with information about DUI checkpoints. "With more than 10,000 Americans dying in drunk-driving crashes every year, providing access to applications that alert users to DUI checkpoints is harmful to public safety," according to the letter, which was signed by Sens. Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Frank Lautenberg, and Mark Udall. The senators asked the companies to remove the apps, unless the app creators remove DUI or DWI checkpoint functionality...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on March 23, 2011 (boomark / email).