Well, well, whaddya know....
Posted on 01/14/2019 11:08:57 AM PST by Lazamataz
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) is planning to introduce a bill next week that would require all new vehicles sold in the U.S. to come equipped with an interlocking breathalyzer device.
The breathalyzer device would force drivers to test their blood-alcohol content (BAC) levels before being able to start the car.
The devices are typically attached to a car's ignition. If a driver's BAC is above the legal limit, the car will not start.
The legislation was prompted by the deaths of Northville, Mich., residents, Issam Abbas and Rima Abbas and their three children, who were killed by a drunken driver on their way home from vacation, MLive.com reported.
“Their loss has devastated our community in ways you cannot imagine,” Dingell said. “In every sense of the word, they were a community. Their absence stunned this community and is felt deeply and emotionally.”
The Abbas family lived in Dingell's district.
“If we can keep one person from dying on the roads and make people think twice before getting behind the wheel when they shouldn’t — even when they’re buzzed and think they are OK — can’t we say we’ve been successful?” Dingell said Thursday during a speech on the House floor.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
But I would support the mandatory installation of such devices on cars after the first DUI conviction. Plus additional harsh penalties after the first DUI conviction.
Oh, and how about getting drunk illegals off the road, and out of the country?
She’s from Michigan so this is most likely a pinch bill.
Kick in to my campaign fund, Ford and GM, if you want this to go away.
Government has been talking about this for years.
The technology is there, and it is just a matter of time before such a law is passed.
It will prop up the market for used cars.
Not sure why an automaker member of Congress would advocate such a requirement.
Unless, the automakers see that they will profit from such a law.
Typical stupid liberal making a law that affects 300,000,000 because of the misdeeds of one.
Here’s your answer Deb. “No.”
Dow-Jones records a small but significant uptick in balloon-maker stocks.
We Michiganders call her ‘Debbie Dingbat’....
I won’t breathalyzers in Congress.
Don’t Drink and Vote!!!
Debbie Dingleberry. Has the brains of a canned ham. Got her seat from her husband, who was the poster boy for term limits. He’s been in congress since Hammurabi was a representative for Mesopotamia.
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Beside the obvious unlawful search and seizure issues, this would destroy the new car market.
I know a guy who has one. He has to continually blow in it for the vehicle to keep driving, apparently.
I kept hearing this weird sound on the phone one day while talking. I finally asked what that was.
He went with me to a Bible rally in one city. Had a spare ticket. While exploring the arena, we saw a bar. He wanted to go in. I convinced him that was not our objective for the trip.
This is just another thing to add to the price of new vehicles.
I agree with that and I propose the following...
There should be random searches of all of their property at least once a week to detect any and confiscate any firearms. They already demonstrate questionably judgement and they might go on a shooting rampage at any time. Random searches may just save one child’s life.
Hope I don’t really need the sarcasm tag...
How about we restore the death penalty for murderers like this guy in Wisconsin who kidnapped the young girl after killing her parents? Let’s use the same argument...”If it saves a single life...”
Representative Dingelberry is in the family business I see.
So if she married a son of Marion Berry and kept her.........
And John Dingell “inherited” the seat from his father. A Dingell has occupied that chair for 86 years.
Way too long.
Hey Kid, here’s five bucks. Just blow into this tube.
Does it detect Weed and Meth too?
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