New Year’s Eve: Will new cars have passive alcohol detection systems?
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/12/29/new-years-eve-will-new-cars-have-passive-alcohol-detection-systems/
Crime and Public Safety |How a crash on New Year’s Day 2021 has led to attempts to equip vehicles with blood alcohol monitoring systems.
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On Friday Jan. 1, 2021, a sport utility vehicle was traveling near Avenal in central California while a pickup truck — occupied by a driver and seven passengers, ranging in age from 6 to 15 years old — was traveling north on State Route 33. The SUV accelerated to a speed between 88 and 98 mph, then it ran off the shoulder to the right. The driver overcorrected to the left and the SUV crossed the centerline into the other lane, directly in front of the oncoming pickup truck. The SUV and pickup truck collided head-on and the truck immediately caught fire. The SUV driver and all eight (seven children) pickup truck occupants died.