Infrastructure Bill Would Mandate Alcohol Monitors for All New Cars

Infrastructure Bill Would Mandate Alcohol Monitors for All New Cars: The more than $1 trillion infrastructure package would require that alcohol monitors be installed in all new cars. Within the 2,700-page proposal is a section that mandates that new vehicles have “a system that … passively and accurately detect[s] whether the blood alcohol concentration of a driver of a motor vehicle is equal to or greater than the blood alcohol concentration” of 0.08, which is generally the limit to drive in most states. If the driver has a higher than 0.08 blood alcohol concentration, the car’s system would “prevent or limit motor vehicle operation.” It isn’t clear whether the detection system would have to be a breathalyzer, which requires a driver to blow into a device, or something else.