00:00Your next car purchase will come with what many people will say is really unwanted surveillance.
00:11A federal mandate requiring surveillance technology that monitors your blinks, your glances, head nods.
00:21What? This is due to Section 24220 of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
00:32The National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration has to finalize rules forcing all new passenger vehicles to include advanced impaired
00:43driving prevention technology.
00:46Turning your dashboard into like a judge, like somebody is in the car monitoring you.
00:57What, the car is going to shut down or pull over to the side?
00:59Well, I'm glad you asked that question.
01:03Infrared cameras and sensors will create a constant biometric assessment of the driver's alertness and sobriety.
01:14The tech involves infrared cameras mounted on steering columns or A-pillars tracking eye movement, pupil dilation, and drowsiness patterns.
01:25Unlike the breathalyzer ignition interlocks from those that are convicted of DUIs or, you know, they have to have an
01:32interlock.
01:33You got to, you know, if you want to drive your car, you got to blow into your steering wheel,
01:37essentially, before the car will start.
01:39These systems operate passively, so it's not like an active blow where you got to blow into a tube or
01:48whatever to start your car.
01:49No, this is all passive.
01:51It's just going to happen in the background, and the car is going to determine whether you're fit to drive.
01:57But the car is going to die a bit faster.
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