Posted on 11/09/2021 2:50:29 PM PST by Mount Athos
Congress is requiring in its $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that automakers install monitoring systems in their cars to stop drivers from operating their vehicles while intoxicated.
Monitoring systems to stop drunk drivers would roll out in all new vehicles as early as 2026, according to the new legislation.
Some convicted drunk drivers already have to use breathalyzer devices attached to their vehicles' ignition interlock. By blowing into a tube, the system will disable the vehicle if the individual's blood alcohol level is above the legal threshold.
The Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) program is a public-private partnership partially funded by the government and is one of the groups currently working on two separate alcohol detection systems that would require no action from the driver.
The first is a sensor testing the air within the car to detect a driver's blood alcohol levels - but to work it would need to distinguish the driver's breath from any inebriated passengers.
The second is an infrared touch sensor to detect blood alcohol level through skin that could be built into a steering wheel or start button.
The $1.2 trillion piece of legislation states that 'advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology must be standard equipment in all new passenger motor vehicles,' and that vehicles should be able to 'prevent or limit' operation if a driver is impaired.
It calls for a window of five to six years for the new standard to go into effect.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I’m sure my alcohol-based medicinal tinctures would trigger this. But I believe I have purchased my last new car anyway.
There wasn't too much uproar when GE and Sylvania did it with lightbulbs....
Another thing we can thank the 13 traitors for.
The Dems will do anything to drive up the cost of owning a personal vehicle. They want everyone but themselves forced into mass transportation. First it’ll be into busses and light rail, but the end game will be cattle cars.
The Dems will do anything to drive up the cost of owning a personal vehicle. They want everyone but themselves forced into mass transportation. First it’ll be into busses and light rail, but the end game will be cattle cars.
You know the diabolical system would incorporate a facial recognition device, or fingerprint, etc., with no time lag so you can switch people in the middle of it.
Do ALL OF THE MURDERERS BIDEN IS FLYING INTO AMERICAN CITIES FROM THE BORDER also require alcohol monitors in their vehicles? Oh WAIT, THEY DUI IN USED CARS!
Never mind.
In the early 70s I worked a boys’ juvenile prison (its official name was ‘youth center’. While escapes (runs) weren’t encouraged, they weren’t discouraged either, the idea being that the wayward boys had to deal with their problems and escaping was one method. (I am not making this up). With that in mind the fence around the center was 4-feet high.
Everyone who worked with a ‘cottage’ had to work runs. We’d pile into the state cars and take off after the lad. Except cars were equipped with a system that required you to be buckled up before the car would start. If you did it wrong, everyone would have to get out of the car, re-enter, buckle up, and then, the car might or might not start. Even moving in the seat might cause a failure.
I mean what could go wrong with the new system?
Collective punishment. Everyone must pay for this crap, whether they drink or not.
I think I will start breeding rats to sell to drunks so the drunks can trick the blood alcohol sensor on their cars.
I think I will start breeding rats to sell to drunks so the drunks can trick the blood alcohol sensor on their cars.
SUBMIT
The germaphobs using the handsanitizers will have a dilemma; Driving or staying "Safe".
F* the totalitarian but F* all drunk drivers to hell right along with the totalitarians.
Guess I’ll be doing a lot more designated driving. And boy those used cars are going to be even pricier.
Bars will sell $1.99 cans of “sober breath” and all these stupid covid masks will have charcoal liners placed on them.
Did the idiots consider the fact that most hand sanitizers have alcohol in them?
Presumption of guilt?
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