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 ...
Let’s install a breathalyzer for Congress to get into the peoples buildings. If it keeps them from making one drunken vote it’s worth it!
Does she have one on her car?
How about ankle monitoring devices on all citizens so when we need to find someone who’s committed crime, we can locate them.
After all, if you’re not guilty, what’s it matter? < /s >
>>A co-worker’s girlfriend had a breathalyzer on her car about two years ago. The things are now cellular-linked and have cameras built in, so each time the unit is activated it sends a report (with vehicle GPS location and operator photo) to the mothership. They monitor each unit and send the cops out if you violate the bail agreement.
And all drivers would have to pay for their cars’ monitorign systems.
Good gig if you run such a company and consumers are mandated to have to buy your product (even in the absencee of any crime or trial).
Yeah. Right after they require one on the floor of the House and Senate, to be used before each vote.
“Dem lawmaker announces plans to propose bill requiring breathalyzers in new vehicles”
next up: a device that requires your Democrat Party card to be inserted before your car will start ...
Sure, just add $1k to the cost of every car. And don’t forget that they need to be calibrated every month at a cost of about $100 in order to work. Oh, and everyone will have to wait thirty seconds for it to boot up every time they try to start their car. These people are truly idiots.
Good gig if you run such a company and consumers are mandated to have to buy your product (even in the absencee of any crime or trial).
Yeah, this would be like OnStar, but exponentially worse - and you can't delete it from the build sheet. Plus, it's another way to push people towards using mass transit.
It will raise the price of the car with something that could potentially malfunction and make the car unusable at an inconvenient time.
Ironic they don't feel that way about things that don't trample on the rights of the People - like stopping the deadly illegal invasion...why isn't saving "just one life" a good reason to build the wall/barrier?
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