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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeff McMurray

Federal law would stop the cars of drunk or impaired drivers, but it isn't happening yet

Impaired Driving-Technology - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A federal law requiring impairment-detection devices inside all new cars survived a recent push to strip its funding but remains stalled by questions about whether the technology is ready.

Rana Abbas Taylor lost her sister, brother-in-law, nephew and two nieces when a driver with a blood-alcohol level almost four times the legal limit slammed into their car in January 2019 as the Michigan family drove through Lexington, Kentucky, on the way home from a Florida vacation.

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