The NTSB's recommendation that all new vehicles in the U.S. be equipped with blood alcohol monitoring systems could reduce the number of alcohol-related crashes, one of the biggest causes of highway deaths in the country.
FILE - A row of crosses form a memorial along Highway 33 as police officers survey the scene a day after a crash killed nine people south of Coalinga, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. Investigators said the driver of an SUV involved in the crash was drunk and didn't have a license. The National Transportation Safety Board will use a final report on the crash to launch an effort to lobby for regulations requiring alcohol breath testing devices on all new vehicles.
NHTSA said this week that roadway deaths in the U.S. are at crisis levels. Nearly 43,000 people were killed last year,, as Americans returned to roads after pandemic stay-at-home orders. The NTSB, she said, has been pushing NHTSA to explore alcohol monitoring technology since 2012. “The faster the technology is implemented the more lives that will be saved,” she said.
It could take one or two more model years after automakers get the technology for it to be in new vehicles, McCook said.
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