Can technology in cars sense a drunk driver?
Hide Transcript Show Transcript  THE ROAD. IN NEW MEXICO, YOU SEE THIAS LOT. A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER. CARNAGE. DEBRIS. >> THERE ARE SO MANY FAMILSIE ACROSS NEW MEXICO THEY HAVE BEEN HURT BY DRUNK DRIVING. NEW MEXICO SENATOR BEN RAYUJ L IS SPONSORING LEGISLATION IN WASHINGTON THAT HE THINKS WILL HELP PREVENT DRUNK DRIVING CRASS.HE TECHNOLOGY IN NEW CARS. >> IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY THATS IN CARS TODAY NANCY THERES SOME VEHICLES THAT WILL ALREADY SLOW DOWN IF THEYRE COMING UP ON ANOTHER CAR TOO QUICKLY SOME OF THEM EVEN HAVE FLASHING RED LIGHTS INSIDE OF TM.HE LUJAN SAYS RIGHT NOW, 200 DIFFERENT TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY ALREADY EXIST, THAT COULD HELP AVOID A CRASH, OR EVEN GET A DRUNK DRIVER OFF THE ROAD. SOME CARS ALREADY LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOURE LEAVING YOURE LANE AND SHOULDNT BE. OR IF YOURE DOZING F.OF W HENO SAYS THE RIDE ACT WOULD REQUIRE TECHNOLOGY LIKE THAT, IN ALL NEW RSCA >> IT REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY INSTITUTE WITH THOSE LEADERS THERE TO IDENTIFY TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND TO REQUIRE AUTO NUMAFACTURERS TO INCLUDE THEM TO BUILD OUT ON TCEHEY CERTIFY THE TECHNOLOGY WORKS. THE RIDECT A PASSED THE COMMERCE COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY. IT SPONSORED BY BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. AND COULD GO BEFORE THE ENTIRE SENATE IN A MATTERF OWEEKS. >> I ASKED THE SENATOR IF THIS WOULD RAISE THE PRICE NOFEW RSCA, IF THIS PASSES. NM senator backing bill requiring new cars to have DWI technology Share Shares Copy Link Copy  Not too long ago, backup cameras would have sounded far-fetched. Now, though, newer model cars are required to have them. New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Lujan says he wants new cars to have devices, technology that can sense when someone is driving drunk, and even get them off the road. "If you think about the technology that's in cars today, there's some vehicles that will already slow down if they're coming up on another car too quickly. Some of them even have flashing red lights inside of them," Lujan said. The senator said this legislation is personal because he says, he was hit head-on by a suspected drunk driver 29 years ago. Lujan says, right now, 200 different types of technology already exist that could help avoid a crash or even get a drunk driver off the road. He says examples are cars that already let you know when you're leaving your lane and shouldn't be, or if you're dozing off. He says the Ride Act would require technology like that in all new cars. "It requires the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Institute with those leaders there, to identify technologies that are available and to require auto manufacturers to include them to build out once they certify the technology works," he said. The Ride Act passed the commerce committee Wednesday. It is sponsored by both Republicans and Democrats and could go before the entire senate in a matter of weeks.