Congress Mandates New Car Technology To Prevent Drunk Driving

The mandate in the recently-passed infrastructure package will require automakers to install monitoring systems that can identify an impaired driver.

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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