If the AI determines you’re impaired (blood alcohol ≥0.08% or showing fatigue), it can prevent ignition startup or limit vehicle speed.

That should go well for my drives across -20F(-30C) degree areas. That first option could literally get someone killed at worst or cause some interesting problems at best. You’re tired and want to fill up before heading to the hotel? Now you’re stuck at the gas pump.

False positives are going to be rampant. I remember the face tracking cameras that didn’t work at all for anybody that wasn’t Caucasian. I’d imagine there is going to be tons of lawsuits from accessibility groups when it misidentifies perfectly alert people due to some abnormality.

or showing fatigue

Oh, you mean like literally every morning as I’m leaving for work?

I’m about to say something that can be read as me supporting this shit, and I do not.

However.

Driving fatigued is about as unsafe as driving drunk. Assuming you are actually fatigued.

There was a time in the past when we allowed people to actively drink and drive.

I think - for the most part - not allowing that was a good idea.

IN THEORY preventing people from driving fatigued is not a bad idea.

IN PRACTICE we all know it won’t be as simple as that.

But the basic idea itself is… not all bad. It’s a pity we know it’ll go to shit.

Well we’re going to have to figure out something for all the people who take a couple hours to get their brains into gear in the morning if you want to stop that.