According to the Washington Post, a bill numbered 24220 is currently waiting to be signed by the President of the United States, which is the development, development and application of anti-drunk driving systems. The bill states that about one-third of accidents on highways in the United States each year are caused by drunk driving. In 2019, there were 10,142 drivers with blood alcohol concentration values of more than 0.08 mg on the roadside drunk driving test alone, which is difficult to imagine. Therefore, the American Highway Safety Insurance Association (IIHS) said that if the vehicle has an advanced anti-drunk driving system, it can prevent at least about 9400 drunk driving accidents per year, so in the future, the anti-drunk driving system must be standard in all general passenger cars.
The report pointed out that the system must be able to passively monitor the driving conditions of the driver to judge its ability to move, or passively measure the driver's blood alcohol concentration, once the system determines that the driver's behavior is affected by alcohol, it will further restrict the operation of the vehicle, unable to start the vehicle, or take other preventive measures.
At the same time, the bill also mentions that the procedure of this anti-drunk driving system must form a complete standard process within three years, and each car manufacturer must also introduce relevant technologies into new cars on the market within the next three years.
Of course, the bill does not limit the details of the system, which means that each car manufacturer can develop the anti-drunk driving system in different ways. In fact, in the past decade, there have been automakers and even third-party suppliers, using high-definition cameras or sensors, etc., combined with the control of the steering wheel, trying to judge the status of drunk driving. This bill in the United States will make the development of related systems further.
Imagine that when starting a vehicle, there will be a system that first recognizes the driver's face and then tests whether to drink and drive. Once suspected drunk driving, the start will not start. Of course, if this is only the case, it may give birth to another profession, that is, "generation testing", when others are certified to be no problem, and then change people. Do you think the drunk driving system is reliable?