Technology To Stop Drunken Driving Among New Car Safety Mandates From Congress

I’ve been talking about this for years…

Last month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported an estimated 20,160 people died in traffic collisions in the first half of 2021, the highest first-half total since 2006, with speeding, impaired driving and not wearing seatbelts during the coronavirus pandemic as factors behind the spike.

Finally, Congress has created a new requirement for automakers: Find a high-tech way to keep drunken people from driving cars.

It’s one of the mandates along with a burst of new spending aimed at improving auto safety amid escalating road fatalities in the $1 trillion infrastructure package that President Joe Biden is expected to sign soon.

Under the legislation, monitoring systems to stop intoxicated drivers would roll out in all new vehicles as early as 2026, after the Transportation Department assesses the best form of technology to install in millions of vehicles and automakers are given time to comply.

Selected excerpt(s) and linked article courtesy of Hope Yen & Tom Krishner, Associated Press
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