Our Chicago DUI lawyers found this interesting app for all you iPhone users out there.  And you’ll never guess who’s against it.

DENVER, Colorado — How many drinks are too many to drive? As the saying goes, “there’s an app for that.”

Last month, The Colorado Department of Transportation launched its ‘R-U Buzzed?’ blood-alcohol content calculator for the Apple iPhone.

Here’s how the application works: You enter your weight, how long you’ve been drinking, how much beer wine and liquor, and you get a result. The app will estimate whether you’ve had too much to drive.

Transportation officials think it’s the first of its kind. “As far as we know, we’re the first department of transportation to launch something like this,” CDOT spokesperson Stacy Stegman said. And it’s just in time for the holidays. “People are going to drink a little bit. We just don’t want them to make a bad decision,” Stegman said.

Bravo to CDOT for investing in something that may prevent potential drunk driving incidents.  Groups like MADD must think that this is great, right?

“Intentions are great, but the only cure all for drinking and driving, is to have a designated driver or don’t drink and drive period, says Holly Klein of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

M.A.D.D. also warns that the app doesn’t take into account different metabolisms, or serving sizes on drinks. They fear it may give users bad information.

“doesn’t take into account different metabolisms, or serving sizes”?  Oh, right.  Funny that  MADD doesn’t seem to mind that Breathalyzers, the machines that puts thousands of people in jail each year, don’t take into account different metabolisms, or serving sizes either.  In fact, it is proven that the Breathalyzer machine is discriminatory to woman.  When defense attorneys challenged the machines because of that fact, the law was changed to ensure that DUI defense Attorneys couldn’t use that defense!  Thanks for looking out for us, MADD.

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