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Future cars could detect drunk drivers and step in automatically

Automakers and regulators are quietly building a future in which a car will not just warn a drunk driver, it may refuse to move or even pull itself over. The goal is stark and simple: use embedded ...
Carscoops

New Cars May Block You From Driving, Washington Still Cannot Decide When

There’s a push moving through the U.S. government right now that could defund anti-drunk driving technology. The targeted legislation, dubbed the Halt Drunk Driving ...
Autoblog

The Government Mandated In-Car Drunk Driver Detection, But There’s One Problem

New cars are required new cars to have monitoring systems to detect impaired driving by 2027. The NHTSA says that the technology doesn't exist yet. Automakers support the measure, but the technology ...
FOX31 Denver

How Your Car Could Prevent 12,000 Drunk Driving Deaths a Year

(TestMiles) – New driver monitoring systems are stepping up with cameras and sensors that watch for things like drowsiness or distraction. Now they’re adding alcohol detection to the mix to help ...
WKOW

Lawmakers push bill to tighten ignition lock laws to prevent drunk driving

MADISON (WKOW) -- Lawmakers at the state Capitol are considering a bill designed to strengthen the state's ignition interlock device (IDD) law and curb drunk driving. Assembly Bill 258 would give more ...