Infrastructure Bill Would Require Alcohol Monitors for All New Cars

Infrastructure Bill Would Require Alcohol Monitors for All New Cars

• Advanced monitoring systems track drivers' blood alcohol concentration and can 'prevent ... motor vehicle operation'

"The bipartisan infrastructure bill includes a provision that would require auto manufacturers to equip "advanced alcohol monitoring systems" in all new cars.
Buried in the massive proposal—which is already longer than 2,700 pages—is a section titled, "ADVANCED IMPAIRED DRIVING TECHNOLOGY," which mandates new vehicles include "a system that … passively and accurately detect[s] whether the blood alcohol concentration of a driver of a motor vehicle is equal to or greater than the blood alcohol concentration" of .08, in which case the system would "prevent or limit motor vehicle operation." 

Automobile manufacturers would have a three-year grace period to comply with the regulation...Read all.