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Nothing is perfect, but the GSR2 for example has undoubtedly saved many lives. The problem isn't with the technology, but that you don't have any real privacy laws in the US.
There actually is a problem with the technology in this case. It sounds like what they're proposing is eye tracking, which is not reliable with some eye shapes, eye makeup, dry eye, etc. and any markers they use to try to detect drunkenness would also trip for people with legitimate eye problems. Anecdotally, I once drove a Tesla and it locked me out of cruise control because the tracker thought I was falling asleep. Imagine if the car refused to start at all!
Oh privacy died in the United States decades ago.
Nobody cares because we're all fat, happy and comfortable.
Once rights are taken, violence is the only way to get them back. History is a wonderful teacher.
Like the EU is any better. Last I checked, France is passing the same kind of bullshit over and over, too.