From your weight and facial expressions to your destination, cars collect a startling amount of data about you. Some of it may even raise your insurance costs.
Though the two 2024 reports documented some promising technologies, neither report found commercially available technology that detects driver alcohol impairment accurately and passively.”
So what tech are they gonna use? Something that doesn’t exist yet? How does a camera sort a drunk person from someone with a disability? Is this going to deny black people at double the rate just because facial tech has a harder time with dark complexions?
There are going to be so many lawsuits with the inevitable amount of false positives this will produce. A little tired this morning? Well now you’ve lost your job as well because your car wouldn’t start because it decided you weren’t in a perfect emotional state to drive.
So what tech are they gonna use? Something that doesn’t exist yet? How does a camera sort a drunk person from someone with a disability? Is this going to deny black people at double the rate just because facial tech has a harder time with dark complexions?
There are going to be so many lawsuits with the inevitable amount of false positives this will produce. A little tired this morning? Well now you’ve lost your job as well because your car wouldn’t start because it decided you weren’t in a perfect emotional state to drive.