New law would make every new car verify that you’re sober

[C C]

https://futurism.com/the-byte/law-car-verify-sober

EXCERPTS: In the near future, you may need to prove to your car that you’re sober before you’re allowed to take the wheel.

Buried on page 1,066 of the newest version of the infrastructure bill currently being debated by Congress is a provision, spotted by Motherboard, that says every new car built from 2027 onward would need to include some sort of monitoring system to catch anyone trying to drive with alcohol in their system.

[...] Right now, the breathalyzers that can be attached to drunk driving offenders’ cars have a low but non-zero error rate, Motherboard notes. ... the publication’s back-of-the-envelope math suggests that there would be millions of false positives keeping people from where they need to go per day.

But [...] The draft legislation doesn’t refer to any program or tech by name ... it does seem to imply future adoption of technology that’s currently under development by the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety Program (DADSS), an amalgam of various government and industry agencies collaborating on the problem... (MORE - details)

[Leigha]

This is being discussed on another forum and someone pointed out just asking someone sober to take the breathalyzer test. In theory, it’s a good idea but there’s always someone who will find work arounds.