Federal Agency Says All Cars Need Alcohol Detectors and a New Law May Soon Require Them

Congested traffic from Brooklyn enters Manhattan off the Williamsburg Bridge in New York, on March 28, 2019. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that all new vehicles need alcohol detection devices that can stop motorists from driving while drunk.

The NTSB said it is urging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to implement “measures leveraging new in-vehicle technologies that can limit or prohibit impaired drivers from operating their vehicles as well as technologies to prevent speeding.”