Petty officer Michael Daigle of the US Navy has rolled out an app to curb drunken driving in the Navy ranks. His Saferide ride-sharing service runs on Voxox’s Cloud Phone service which costs just $15 a month and is popular among US Service members abroad, where mobile phones are not permitted for use by active duty sailors.
The app is especially useful for sailors stationed abroad in countries like South Korea and Japan where US Navy presence is strong. Drunken driving in the Navy has traditionally been a problem and often results in sailors being dismissed from the service. “We end up losing a lot of sailors,” said Daigle.
