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NTSB wants all new vehicles to check drivers for alcohol use

Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:02 pm
Posted by SPEEDY
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:02 pm
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The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all new vehicles in the U.S. be required to have blood alcohol monitoring systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving.

The recommendation, if enacted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, could reduce the number of alcohol-related crashes, one of the biggest causes of highway deaths in the U.S.

The new push to make roads safer was included in a report released Tuesday about a horrific crash last year in which a drunk driver collided head-on with another vehicle near Fresno, California, killing both adult drivers and seven children.


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Posted by evil cockroach
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Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:04 pm to
quote:

The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all new vehicles in the U.S. be required to have social score monitoring systems that can stop an unworthy person from driving.
Posted by AUriptide
Member since Aug 2009
7346 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:04 pm to
I'm for it, if it works.
Posted by One72
Member since Jul 2022
704 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:04 pm to
Now do commercial airline pilots.
Posted by Northshoretiger87
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:04 pm to
But, who is paying for this unnecessary addition?
Posted by Dire Wolf
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:05 pm to
another well intentioned policy that just makes life more expensive for working people
Posted by LSUJML
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:06 pm to
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“We need NHTSA to act. We see the numbers,” NTSB Chairman Jennifer Homendy said. “We need to make sure that we’re doing all we can to save lives.”


I’m sure it will be just a coincidence that Jennifer’s brother in law owns stake in a company that manufactures these exact systems
Posted by Loup
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:06 pm to
How the hell will welders get to work?
Posted by JetsetNuggs
Member since Jun 2014
13988 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:07 pm to
I don't drink and drive

However, I'm always wary of the slippery slope of more monitoring

Do I have to blow into the frickin thing before I go to work in the morning? Nah, I'm good

This post was edited on 9/20/22 at 2:09 pm
Posted by The Third Leg
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:07 pm to
If you’re going to obligate people to wear a seatbelt, I fail to see how this oversteps any civil liberties.
This post was edited on 9/20/22 at 2:08 pm
Posted by Shexter
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:07 pm to


In other news, sales of driving gloves have reached an all time high.




Posted by CarRamrod
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all new vehicles in the U.S. be required to have blood alcohol monitoring systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving.
ugh this as in the big transportation bill... so the law is on their side now.
Posted by Boudreaux35
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:10 pm to
With autonomous cars, why does it matter?
Posted by East Coast Band
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:10 pm to
Posted by atxfan
Member since Jul 2004
3551 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:10 pm to
NTSB sued after driver with COPD dies trying to get his car to start.
Posted by Strannix
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:13 pm to
But the fed wont drug test nurses and doctors lol
Posted by HempHead
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:16 pm to
Used car market go brrrrrt
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
96453 posts
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:16 pm to
MSRPs just keep going up with all this required shite.

These days, you only get an interlock if you get popped for DUI. Putting those in every car is a lot of equipment and monitoring costs for minimal gain.
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:20 pm to
Yeah screw that.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:21 pm to
This would actually piss off local LEOs so much
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