Agency will examine standards for vehicle technology solutions to alcohol-impaired driving prevention as well as distraction.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration yesterday took the first step toward making impaired-driving prevention technology standard in new passenger vehicles. The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that NHTSA released helps fulfill a requirement in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and supports the Department’s National Roadway Safety Strategy.
This notice helps lay the groundwork for potential alcohol-impairment detection technology standards in all new passenger vehicles when the technology is mature. This announcement comes as NHTSA kicks off its annual holiday season Drive Sober or
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