The US National Transport Safety Board has proposed some interesting ideas to make the road a safer place. With it, tens of thousands of fatalities from drunk-driving and speeding in the USA can be avoided., it is urging the National Transport Safety Administration to make certain features in new cars mandatory. They include in-car breathalysers or monitoring systems capable of limiting and preventing vehicle operation if it’s detected that the driver is impaired.
While it did not elaborate on the ‘hows’, it should involve a myriad of sensors aimed at the driver and his/her inputs. This follows after a bill was passed in the USA stating that ‘advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology’ should be standard in all new passenger cars. That said, no timeline was given on its rollout.
Currently, most new cars are fitted with features to detect driver attention and fatigue, prompting them to rest after prolonged driving. The NTSB also called for automakers to consider fitting ‘an intelligent speed adaptation system that would prevent speed-related crashes’. According to the NHTSA, there were 11,258 road fatalities in the USA as a result of speeding.
On that note, car companies like Volvo has announced that its new cars will be limited to a 180 km/h top speed, as there is