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Joe Hernandez

Technology to stop drunk drivers could be coming to every new car in the nation

Los Angeles Police Department officers check drivers at a DUI checkpoint in Reseda, Los Angeles, California on April 13, 2018. (Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images)

Federal automobile regulators say they've taken the first step toward making technology that prevents drunk and impaired driving standard in new cars.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday that such technology could help end a problem that kills thousands of people in the U.S. each year.

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