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It's high time we mandated this kind of system on all human piloted systems.
Bicycles, golf carts, roller skates, etc.
They should require a full breathalyzer test and full ongoing facial motion detection to ensure safe piloting of the vehicle.
Safety first, always.
I agree. I was affected by drunken bicyclist once. They hit my stroller and injured my baby. It's high time we mandated this kind of system on all human piloted systems. Bicycles, golf carts, roller skates, etc. They should require a full breathalyzer test and full ongoing facial motion detection to ensure safe piloting of the vehicle. Safety first, always.
They're really working on making automobiles a lot safer by installing breathalyzers in every car. Exciting times! https://time.com/6086981/bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-brea...
It specifically requires non-contact sensors that can “accurately” detect blood alcohol level of the driver. It may be possible to detect trace exhaled alcohol in the air, but you’re never going to get accurate blood alcohol measurements from proximity alone.
In the unlikely event that such a system made it to market, it would quickly become common knowledge among alcoholics that it could be defeated by rolling down your window to get more airflow through the cabin. More airflow means trace alcohol in the air is diluted and blown away. Reading goes to zero.
The bill also requires that the technology limit the operation of a vehicle after impairment is detected. There’s no way a system that suddenly causes a vehicle to slow down to pedestrian speeds could be considered safe for use on freeways. Can you imagine someone’s car slowing to a crawl on the freeway and forcing them to move at low speeds on the shoulder because their distraction detection system had a false positive? Even a false positive rate of 0.001% would mean a lot of us would pass a car experiencing a false positive on our commute every week. Awful.
This whole time I've been confused how investing more money in roads is compatible with our climate goals. Should we not trying to decommission roads and encourage people to move to denser, walkable and cyclable city centers?
I agree. I was affected by drunken bicyclist once. They hit my stroller and injured my baby. It's high time we mandated this kind of system on all human piloted systems. Bicycles, golf carts, roller skates, etc. They should require a full breathalyzer test and full ongoing facial motion detection to ensure safe piloting of the vehicle. Safety first, always.
Don't forget Power Wheels.
Anytime a human pilots a machine, it increases their risk of injuring another person.
We need to reduce these risks for safety.
The $1trn headline makes me expect something to excite the imagination... A roman aquaduct wow factor. Something to marvel at. Am I being shallow? Does it make bad sense to cut a $100bn slice for something epic? A hypersonic monorail perhaps?
The MSM uses that number when their corporate masters want you to be against the spending. They actually explain why it is a fairly meaningless number when they want the spending.
The $1trn headline makes me expect something to excite the imagination... A roman aquaduct wow factor. Something to marvel at. Am I being shallow? Does it make bad sense to cut a $100bn slice for something epic? A hypersonic monorail perhaps?
> The $1trn headline makes me expect something to excite the imagination A country running out of money and going into hyperinflation via money printing ? Exciting enough for you ?
The $1trn headline makes me expect something to excite the imagination... A roman aquaduct wow factor. Something to marvel at. Am I being shallow? Does it make bad sense to cut a $100bn slice for something epic? A hypersonic monorail perhaps?
The headline price is an artifact of congressional accounting. It is an estimate of the 10-year cost. The MSM uses that number when their corporate masters want you to be against the spending. They actually explain why it is a fairly meaningless number when they want the spending.
I agree. I was affected by drunken bicyclist once. They hit my stroller and injured my baby. It's high time we mandated this kind of system on all human piloted systems. Bicycles, golf carts, roller skates, etc. They should require a full breathalyzer test and full ongoing facial motion detection to ensure safe piloting of the vehicle. Safety first, always.
why don’t you try actually making an argument?
I don’t really care about this either way, but unless you can point to statistics on deaths due to drunk bicycle riding, this is a stupid slippery slope.
They're really working on making automobiles a lot safer by installing breathalyzers in every car. Exciting times! https://time.com/6086981/bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-brea...
The wording in the actual bill looks vague enough that I hope this is more for show than for actual implementation. It specifically requires non-contact sensors that can “accurately” detect blood alcohol level of the driver. It may be possible to detect trace exhaled alcohol in the air, but you’re never going to get accurate blood alcohol measurements from proximity alone. In the unlikely event that such a system mad…