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Friday, November 12, 2021

Automakers mandated to find technology to stop intoxicated drivers

Congress has created a new requirement for automakers: Find a high-tech way to keep drunken people from driving cars. 

It’s one of the mandates along with a burst of new spending aimed at improving auto safety amid escalating road fatalities in the $1 trillion infrastructure package that President Joe Biden is expected to sign soon.

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So they're talking this possibly starting in 2026 which means it'll be a full 20 years before most cars have this technology.
Hell, I drive a 20 year old truck now and it's waiting on a new engine - it'll be good for another 20 years.

Kinda sorta off topic - my shop told me it would be a month before they could get to my truck because nobody is buying new(er) vehicles these days even if they can find one with low mileage at a decent price - everybody's doing repairs instead.