ICYMI: U.S. Senate bill seeks to make anti-drunk-driving tech mandatory in new cars — via drivingdotca autonews
The legislative push has won the backing of the advocacy group Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the auto insurance industry and some alcohol trade associations.
Drunk driving deaths cost the United States US$44 billion in economic costs and US$210 billion in comprehensive societal costs, according to a 2010 study. U.S. police departments arrest about 1 million people a year for alcohol-impaired driving, IIHS said.Article content In 2019, lawmakers told Reuters that automakers could use devices that would determine a driver’s blood alcohol level by their touching the steering wheel or engine start button, or could install sensors that would passively monitor a driver’s breath or eye-movements.The bill would require the U.S.
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