{"id":3654,"date":"2023-06-02T14:18:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T19:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3654"},"modified":"2023-06-02T14:18:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T19:18:42","slug":"feds-want-drunk-driving-detection-systems-installed-in-all-new-cars-to-prevent-vehicle-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3654","title":{"rendered":"Feds want drunk driving detection systems installed in all new cars to \u2018prevent vehicle operation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a report that flew under the radar late last year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called<\/a> for drunk driving detection systems to be installed in every new car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an impaired driver killed nine people \u2013 including seven children \u2013 in a tragic New Year\u2019s Day car crash in California, the NTSB recommended \u201call new vehicles be equipped with passive vehicle-integrated alcohol impairment detection systems, advanced driver monitoring systems, or a combination thereof; the systems must be capable of preventing or limiting vehicle operation if driver impairment by alcohol is detected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NTSB said drunk driving is the leading cause of highway crashes involving injury, and in 2020, about one in three traffic deaths involved a drunk driver. The board also noted that \u201cimpaired driving crashes\u201d are increasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause people who are impaired by alcohol often have compromised judgment and indulge in increased risk-taking, interventions are \u200b\u200bneeded that do not require decision-making by impaired drivers,\u201d NTSB said. \u201cVehicle-integrated passive alcohol detection technologies that prevent or limit impaired drivers from operating their vehicles have significant lifesaving potential; however, development of the technologies has been slow, and additional action is needed to accelerate progress in implementing these technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NTSB\u2019s current \u201cmost wanted list\u201d of transportation safety improvements says<\/a> \u201cimpaired driving is 100% preventable\u201d and insists the .08 blood alcohol content (BAC) standard is too high for safe driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

States must lower the BAC limit to .05, NTSB said, adding that only Utah has taken such action so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTechnology could\u2019ve prevented this heartbreaking crash \u2014 just as it can prevent the tens of thousands of fatalities from impaired-driving and speeding-related crashes we see in the U.S. annually,\u201d NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said at the time,\u00a0according to<\/a>\u00a0the Los Angeles Times. \u201cWe need to implement the technologies we have right here, right now, to save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original Article:https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2023\/06\/feds-wants-drunk-driving-detection-systems-installed-in-all-new-cars-to-prevent-vehicle-operation\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a report that flew under the radar late last year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called for drunk driving detection systems to be installed in every new car. After an impaired driver killed nine people \u2013 including seven children \u2013 in a tragic New Year\u2019s Day car crash in California, the NTSB recommended \u201call new vehicles be equipped with passive vehicle-integrated alcohol impairment detection systems, advanced driver monitoring systems, or a combination thereof; the systems must be capable of preventing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-individual-liberty"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3655,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3654\/revisions\/3655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}