Oakland-based company has high hopes it can help curb stoned driving
Soon voters will get a chance to decide on whether to legalize marijuana. Police are worried if the proposition passes in November it could affect all of our safety on the roads. But, a Bay Area company is one step closer to helping identify drugged drivers.
At a recent sobriety check point in San Francisco, police looked for valid driver's licenses and made sure people weren't driving drunk.
San Francisco police Sgt. John Bragagnolo estimates one in four drivers they stop for driving under the influence is driving high on pot.
"Marijuana has become just as strong, if not stronger of a problem with driving as alcohol," said Bragagnolo.
He worries it will only get worse if Proposition 64 passes. That's the statewide ballot initiative to legalize the recreational use of cannabis in California.
"Thirty percent of our fatal accidents the driver has some sort of impairment from...
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