They're already set to be mandatory for new vehicles as of 2022, though NHSTA claims it's more for prevention of genuine accidents rather than going after bad actors. Barring an unlikely consumer uprising like back when they were talking about seat belt ignition interlocks, we'll probably get a chance to see pretty soon.
Unfortunately, they're really hard to retrofit into already-built vehicles, and a lot of newish cars can last forever. Doubt there'll be the political chops for another cash-4-clunkers style 'stimulus' for new cars.
They're also very easy to work around, even for the implementations that don't just turn off if the accelerator is pushed harder.
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Date: 2018-12-23 10:29 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, they're really hard to retrofit into already-built vehicles, and a lot of newish cars can last forever. Doubt there'll be the political chops for another cash-4-clunkers style 'stimulus' for new cars.
They're also very easy to work around, even for the implementations that don't just turn off if the accelerator is pushed harder.