DEATHS
PER DAY
In the U.S. during 2021, 13,384 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving alcohol-impaired drivers, which translates to 37 people killed every day.
On November 15, 2021, the bipartisan HALT Act was passed mandating USDOT to set a new auto safety standard requiring passive technology in all new cars to prevent impaired driving. Every day and every person counts.
- The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act gives USDOT three years (from November 15, 2021) to complete a rulemaking process and issue a final safety standard for impaired driving prevention technology on all new cars.
- Automakers then have two to three years to implement the safety standard.
- New cars equipped with the USDOT-directed technology should start rolling off the assembly line as standard equipment by 2026 or 2027.
- The National Transportation Safety Board recommendation has called on automakers and USDOT to prioritize the deployment of passive advanced impaired driving prevention technology and explore the use of technologies such as driver monitoring systems, many of which are available now.
Did you know?
PASSIVE DRUNK DRIVING PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIES
already exist today?
Driving Assistance
Systems
Technology designed for the car to take action such as lane-keeping assistance and collision intervention.
Driver Monitoring
Systems
Cameras or other sensors that passively monitor the driver, such as eye movement, without compromising privacy.
Passive Alcohol
Detection Systems
Sensors that determine if a driver is drunk. This lifesaving tech protects the public’s safety while
preserving the driver’s privacy.
Did you know?
already exist today?
Driving Assistance
Monitoring Systems
Monitor the vehicle movement with systems like lane departure warning and collision intervention.
Driver Monitoring
Systems
Passively monitor the driver, typically using a camera or other sensors without compromising privacy.
Passive Alcohol
Detection Systems
Use passive sensors to determine if a driver is drunk. This lifesaving tech protects the public’s safety while
preserving the driver’s privacy.
DRUNK
DRIVING
- Traffic fatalities are dramatically higher than they were a decade ago.
- Drunk driving crashes account for almost one-third of U.S. traffic deaths.
- In the U.S., someone dies in a drunk driving crash every 39 minutes and someone is injured every 81 seconds.
- An Ipsos poll shows that 9 out of 10 Americans support technology that is integrated into a car’s electronics to prevent drunk driving.
