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NTSB Recommends Alcohol Detectors for New School Buses to Combat Impaired Driving
The agency said the devices could disable a bus if they detect impairment, citing 118 accused cases over five years.
- On Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that all new school buses be equipped with alcohol detection systems capable of disabling the vehicle if the driver appears impaired.
- A 2020 Stateline report identified at least 118 school bus drivers ticketed or arrested for driving under the influence over five years, confirming impairment is not an isolated problem.
- Peter Kurdock, general counsel for Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, said the number of cases alarmed him. "Children going to and from the schoolhouse are America's most precious passengers," Kurdock said.
- Kurdock predicted industry pushback from owners of the nation's half-million school buses. Federal regulators or states could require the technology, but Congress would need to pass legislation for widespread adoption.
- Similar systems are already used on school buses in parts of Europe. This recommendation follows a previous NTSB push for alcohol detection in all new passenger vehicles, though that rule remains stuck in the rulemaking process.
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