The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the USA has demanded that all vehicles in the country be equipped with alcohol detection systems. With these systems, it is thought that the driver can detect whether he is drunk and prevent him from driving and prevent traffic accidents.
Every day, millions of people from around the world get on the road in their personal vehicles to get somewhere. Traffic accidents caused by different reasons can also cause death or injury to the drivers and the people next to them. The data of the World Health Organization also shows approximately every year in the world. 1.3 million people It shows that he died due to traffic accidents.
One of the biggest causes of these accidents is drunk driving use of. Unconscious drivers can endanger people’s lives because they drive while intoxicated. A developed technology is also thought to be able to eradicate accidents caused by alcohol.
All vehicles in the USA can be equipped with alcohol detection technology
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the USA has taken an important step to prevent accidents caused by drunk driving. In a request to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), all vehicles must be with in-vehicle alcohol detection technologies that will limit or completely prevent drunk drivers from using cars He asked to be equipped. In addition, it was stated that systems that can prevent excessive speed should be used in vehicles.
This proposal of the NTSB came after an accident in the country in 2021. In an accident involving a drunk driver in California, seven children nine people died. The Board stated that the SUV type vehicle used by the driver that caused the accident hit the pickup truck carrying seven people traveling at a speed of 141 to 157 km/h. An NTSB executive also stated that such technologies may have prevented the accident.
How do alcohol detection technologies work?
Alcohol detection systems allow the person driving the car. measuring alcohol level It detects whether it is suitable for driving and prevents possible disasters. For example, one of the pioneers of this technology Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADDS)driver with a sensor your breath can analyze. On the other hand, a touch-based system placed in the places where we operate the gear or the vehicle is under the skin. in the blood alcohol can detect. You can find the details of this technology in the video above.
South Korea-based Hyundai has also introduced a technology that can prevent accidents caused by this reason in the past months. Equipping the cockpit of the car with a series of sensors, the company stated that an alcoholic or drowsy driver can be detected, and then the vehicle can intervene immediately and take control of the vehicle.
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In 2021, there were more than 2,000 accidents caused by drunk drivers.
It would not be wrong to say that drunk driving is a big problem in our country as well as all over the world. According to the data of the Traffic Directorate of the General Directorate of Security, due to drunk drivers in Turkey 1,061 units until August in 2022 fatal-injury accident occurred. In 2021, a total of 2,097 The accident that led to death and injury occurred in our country.
In short, alcohol detection systems need to be deployed in all countries to save hundreds of thousands of lives. After all, technology exists to benefit humanity.
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