HALT Drunk Driving Law: Solution to Ending Drunk Driving
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Drunk driving deaths are up 22%: Since 2019, drunk driving deaths have skyrocketed by 22%, with more than 12,000 people killed and nearly 400,000 injured every year.
Congress Has Acted in a Bipartisan Way to Use Lifesaving Technology to Stop These Preventable Drunk Driving Deaths
Since 2006, thousands of drunk driving victims and survivors have advocated for passenger vehicles to incorporate passive technology that prevents drunk driving before it occurs. In 2021, Congress passed the bipartisan Honoring the Abbas Family Legacy to Terminate (HALT) Drunk Driving Act (Section 24220 of PL 117-158) as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The law directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to create a rule, or federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS), requiring all new passenger vehicles to have built-in technology to prevent drunk driving. Issuance of an FMVSS will be a game changer. Integrating passive anti-drunk driving technology into every new car will save 10,000+ lives each year, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. During U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy’s confirmation hearing, he committed to working with Congress to ensure that NHTSA has the resources it needs to ensure implementation of the HALT Drunk Driving Law is completed.
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