Infrastructure Bill Would Mandate Alcohol Monitors for All New Cars

[pipedreams]

This reminds me of gun control, punish everyone because of a few.

"The more than $1 trillion infrastructure package would require that alcohol monitors be installed in all new cars.

Within the 2,700-page proposal is a section that mandates that new vehicles have “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 0.08, which is generally the limit to drive in most states.

If the driver has a higher than 0.08 blood alcohol concentration, the car’s system would “prevent or limit motor vehicle operation.” It isn’t clear whether the detection system would have to be a breathalyzer, which requires a driver to blow into a device, or something else."

https://www.theepochtimes.com/infrastructure-bill-would-mandate-alcohol-monitors-for-all-new-cars_3933135.html

Wonder how much that would add to the cost of a new car?

 

[Historian]

So my drunk arse buddy sits in my truck.  He needs a ride home.   The woman done left him and he's tied it on in a legendary way.

Now my car won't start because he's drunker than a Russian in Berlin, May of 1945 (and that is monumentally drunk).

[Historian]

So it's saturday night and I roll up on the scene and need to transport two drunk as can be college students off to the local klink because they were mooning and flashing their boobs with zero cares given...and because the coeds are blasted beyond all probability....my patrol car won't start?

Just sayin....I've been on that call.

[Historian]

So it's fall 2022 and my new truck rocks....my hunting buddy gets into the car and spills his bottle of Bay Rum (I have low class friends) and now my truck won't start?

[jmohme]

How will our congressmen and representatives get to work?

 

[crockett]

Good thing I have a degree in both computer science and electronic engineering. I'll have that disabled / hacked or removed within a couple hours, much like I removed all OnStar GSM cell network / WiFi / GPS / Bluetooth cards and modules in all my cars.

I don't drink. But I will for sure not blow my car because some left wing dictator thinks he can push whatever he wants, let alone in an infrastructure bill that has NOTHING to do with the safety of traffic.

[railfancwb]

37 minutes ago, jmohme said:

How will our congressmen and representatives get to work?

 

Bring back the town car/limo with glass partition between the driver and the VIP

[railfancwb]

1 minute ago, crockett said:

Good thing I have a degree in both computer science and electronic engineering. I'll have that disabled / hacked or removed within a couple hours, much like I removed all OnStar GSM cell network / WiFi / GPS / Bluetooth cards and modules in all my cars.

I don't drink. But I will for sure not blow my car because some left wing dictator thinks he can push whatever he wants, let alone in an infrastructure bill that has NOTHING to do with the safety of traffic.

I see another career path opening for you. 

[ChuteTheMall]

Suggested Amendment 1:

The alcohol monitor system shall only be required in electric cars.

[railfancwb]

I’m certain this will work well in the all electric vehicles future planned for the peons. 

[holyjohnson]

cool i`ll write a Tune and sell it on the Darkweb to go around it like people have to ignore DEF fluid in Diesels.

[janice6]

5 hours ago, pipedreams said:

This reminds me of gun control, punish everyone because of a few.

"The more than $1 trillion infrastructure package would require that alcohol monitors be installed in all new cars.

Within the 2,700-page proposal is a section that mandates that new vehicles have “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 0.08, which is generally the limit to drive in most states.

If the driver has a higher than 0.08 blood alcohol concentration, the car’s system would “prevent or limit motor vehicle operation.” It isn’t clear whether the detection system would have to be a breathalyzer, which requires a driver to blow into a device, or something else."

https://www.theepochtimes.com/infrastructure-bill-would-mandate-alcohol-monitors-for-all-new-cars_3933135.html

Wonder how much that would add to the cost of a new car?

 

I'll bet politicians are exempt from testing..  As always.

[janice6]

5 hours ago, pipedreams said:

This reminds me of gun control, punish everyone because of a few.

"The more than $1 trillion infrastructure package would require that alcohol monitors be installed in all new cars.

Within the 2,700-page proposal is a section that mandates that new vehicles have “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 0.08, which is generally the limit to drive in most states.

If the driver has a higher than 0.08 blood alcohol concentration, the car’s system would “prevent or limit motor vehicle operation.” It isn’t clear whether the detection system would have to be a breathalyzer, which requires a driver to blow into a device, or something else."

https://www.theepochtimes.com/infrastructure-bill-would-mandate-alcohol-monitors-for-all-new-cars_3933135.html

Wonder how much that would add to the cost of a new car?

 

 Why is there always legislation to protect us from ourselves, but nothing to protect us from the legislators

[Fog]

One more reason to never buy a new car.

[minervadoe]

So, I blow up a plastic bag before I get drunk and then use it to get my car started?  How long until you can buy a device that defeats your car's breathalizer? 

 

Nanny state

Nanny state is a term of British origin that conveys a view that a government or its policies are overprotective or interfering unduly with personal choice. The term "nanny state" likens government to the role that a nanny has in child rearing.

[ChuteTheMall]

I thought many of us already had alcohol monitors, called wives.