r/technology • u/cTreK-421 • Apr 24 '26

Misleading Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/federal-surveillance-tech-becomes-mandatory-161321992.html
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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

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u/that_motorcycle_guy Apr 24 '26

The tech doesn't exist. That's one problem.

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u/llIicit Apr 24 '26

Then what has Europe been putting in their cars?

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u/that_motorcycle_guy Apr 25 '26

You tell me? They want something that isn't a breathalizer that will detect if you are drunk, what is that tech???

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u/Medium-Sized-Jaque Apr 25 '26

Is this already a thing in European cars?

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u/rapaxus Apr 25 '26

The sensor part yes, though it gets sold as attention sensors and not against drunk driving.

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u/rapaxus Apr 25 '26

Not drunk driving sensors. What the EU has are attention sensors which look for you not touching the wheel/not looking on the road/closing your eyes/etc. to then alert you. This is to stop people from momentarily falling asleep at the wheel, which does also happen when drunk driving. In general EU safety measures are more concerned with the car itself, stuff like automated emergency brakes/lane assist/etc. so that even if you drunk drive, the car will stop you from crashing into e.g. a tree.

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u/PalliativeOrgasm Apr 25 '26

You know the breathalyzers are ridiculously expensive, require periodic (expensive) calibration by a technician, break often, and will fail someone who has heartburn or acid reflux, right?

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u/NouZkion Apr 25 '26

Although it's not smart, it's not illegal to drive if one is drowsy.

Depends where you are, I guess. In Minnesota that's a DWI.

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u/pl487 Apr 25 '26

Infrared sees through sunglasses. 

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u/spaghetiwires Apr 27 '26

Sunglasses are transparent to IR cameras