APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE

An apparatus of a vehicle may comprise a processor and a memory storing at least one instruction that, when executed by the processor communicating with the memory, is configured to cause the apparatus to detect, using a sensor installed on a steering wheel of the vehicle, an alcohol level associated with exhaled air of a driver of the vehicle, determine, based on the detected alcohol level and the sensor being located within a threshold driver exhalation area range after the driver being seated in the vehicle, an intoxicated state of the driver, determine an alcohol detection mode based on the intoxicated state of the driver and sensor location, detect a second alcohol level, and update the intoxicated state of the driver accordingly.