Breadcrumb Home NADS study finds drugged driving as dangerous as drunk driving Monday, October 31, 2016 http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/10/27/drugged-driving-dui-nhtsa-auto-s… Tim Brown, of the UI’s National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS), says that as illicit and prescription drugs are used more commonly, so will instances of drugged driving increase.