Could Tech Prevent Drunk Driving?

U.S. lawmakers want the auto industry step up to help prevent drunk driving.

New legislation introduced by Senators Tom Udall and Rick Scott would give government-led researchers $10 million to develop air and touch sensors that could tell if a driver was too drunk to be behind the wheel.

The Reduce Impaired Driving for Everyone Act, or RIDE Act, would also set aside $25 million for the technology to be first tested in government vehicles.

The NHTSA says that drunk driving accounts for 1/3 of all traffic deaths.

NPR talked to experts in the auto industry that say that the technology to detect a drunk driver without the driving actually doing anything isn't quite there yet, but breathalyzers are more streamlined than ever before.

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