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![screenshot of Hacker News with the following text per OCR: [flagged] Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027 (gadgetreview.com) 79 points by functionmouse 41 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 48 comments vetrom 41 days ago | next [-] There's a ton of bad reporting here, because the publications, or writers, are lazy about sourcing their reporting. In this case, there is a kernel of truth: The 2021-2022 "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" ( https://www.congress.gov/..) directs NHTSA to develop an in-vehicle driver system to detect some definition of impaired driving. In particular, "SEC. 24220" (searchable by that string in the above bill text.) directs NHTSA to either write and publish a rule implementing such, or make a yearly report to Congress as to why said technology is not implementable. This is the 2026 report: https://www.nhtsa.gov/site... In essence, they state that while they have prototypes, the technology is not yet sufficient. There's nothing in a proposed or final rule yet, to the best of my knowled](https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/1427740f-4f86-4edc-96cd-2615d95a2367.jpeg)
