New technology will disable your car if you`re too hammered to drive

Although drunk driving fatalities have fallen by 23 percent in the last 10 years, Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Tom Udall (D-NM) believe that our country can do a lot better.

That’s why the two are co-sponsoring a bill to fund the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS), which can pinpoint whether drivers are drunk without any need for a breathalyzer. If you’re past the legal limit, the technology disables your car so you can’t drive it.

The bill is called “The Research of Alcohol Detection Systems for Stopping Alcohol-Related Fatalities Everywhere Act.” If passed, it would provide DADSS researchers with a combined $48 million in funding over the course of six years. Senator Schumer says that he ultimately wants to see this system as an available safety option in new cars, and as mandatory for those with DUI convictions.


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