NHTSA unveils prototype car to bar drunken driving - The Detroit News
Washington — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration unveiled a first-ever prototype vehicle with an advanced alcohol detection technology that could ultimately prevent vehicles from being operated by a drunken driver. At an event in front of hundreds of members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving at the agency's headquarters, NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind showed off the technology that has been under development since 2008. Under the partnership, NHTSA is... "DADSS has enormous potential to prevent drunk driving in specific populations such as teen drivers and commercial fleets, and making it an option available to vehicle owners would provide a powerful new tool in the battle against drunk driving... He said he hopes the technology could be tested in a few years — in a commercial or government fleet to start, he said. He thinks once it is proven that parents and others will embrace it. People will think, Rosekind said, "how did we ever drive without it. " The system needs to be instantaneous and foolproof for the public to accept it. "No one is going tolerate... Source: www.detroitnews.com
