Breathalyzers in all new cars passed in infrastructure bill

I don't know about anyone else but this doesn't sit very well with me!

This is the sort of creeping authoritarianism that bothers me a lot.

Are they going to stop doing DUI checkpoints because of this?

You fucking know they won't!

This isn't something to make you more free, this is something designed to make you much less free in fact.

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I don't know about anyone else but this doesn't sit very well with me!

This is the sort of creeping authoritarianism that bothers me a lot.

Are they going to stop doing DUI checkpoints because of this?

You fucking know they won't!

This isn't something to make you more free, this is something designed to make you much less free in fact.

Ok, I want them installed on every commercial airliner, every city bus, every train, every ship....

People like this guy are the reason why Big Brother gets away with this silly horseshit.

As someone who got caught up in the DUI racket twice and other times blew a .08, I'd rather have my car refuse to start until I'm under their BS safety number then pop a DUI because my tail light and headlight were out as with what happened to me. Never pulled over for my driving always some cockamamie that did me in and their .08 is complete bs.

Exactly, how about just don’t drink and drive anymore?

Auto manufacturers won't sue. They love it. They add their profit margin on top of the cost of the breathalyzer, and don't have to worry about it because their competition does too.

Once these liberal cars roll out onto the streets it probably won't be more than a few days before some teenager figures out how to hack that feature.

LOL.

SCREW BIG GOVERNMENT!

That is an unnecessary cost to new cars.

Demonrats DON'T CARE.

The hivemind has determined it's for the greater good and YOU WILL obey!

Demonrats DON'T CARE.

The hivemind has determined it's for the greater good and YOU WILL obey!

Doesn’t matter to me, I use Uber/Lyft when I go out drinking. $25-$40 now versus $10,000 dollars and a 20% rise in premiums later. No brainer. Quit being so cheap.

Things like this are how Nancy Pelosi become a multi-millionaire on a congressional salary.

Who do you think got the kickbacks for mandating an unnecessary $3k system for every single vehicle?

Bullshit. .04 is 1 beer. I don't know anyone who is drunk on 1 beer, much less 2.

I used one of those drink counter apps once that estimates your BAC based on the alcohol content and frequency just to see where I was with it out of curiosity. I didn't even feel a buzz until the thing said .12 and didn't start to feel drunk until it said .16. So, that would be 4 beers in an hour. I'd say that's quite a bit if you're going out for a night of drinking at the bar. I don't know anyone who goes out and drinks like this.

I would say, if you're drinking 4 beers an hour the problem isn't your driving its that you're a total drunk.

Frankly, a lot of these people who get sloshed at the bar aren't sloshed because they drank at the bar... they drink all day long and then go to the bar and drink some more and then drive home and drink some more.

The police, on the other hand, will sit a couple blocks down from a bar and then look for excuses to pop moderate drinkers who aren't drunk with a DUI while claiming they're "saving the world."

What if your onboard computer says you are good but the pice pull u over and on their gear you are over, will the manufacturer be responsible? Can they be sued for damages?

Who provides tech support if u are sober and the computet locks your engine, what if this causes u damages, can u file a lawsuit?

I can see reasons the automotive companies would push back on this

So when this shit technology breaks down and leaves you on the side of the highway, then what?