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Bipartisan infrastructure legislation
Bipartisan infrastructure legislation.
About this update from Seeing Machines Limited
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 5742R\n Seeing Machines Limited\n 08 November 2021\n \n \n \n \n Seeing Machines Limited\n \n 8 November 2021\n \n \n \n Bipartisan infrastructure legislation includes lifesaving automotive technology\n \n \n New law would require Driver Monitoring System technology to stop distracted and drunk driving\n \n \n \n \n \n Seeing Machines Limited (AIM: SEE, \"Seeing Machines\" or the \"Company\"), the advanced computer vision technology company that designs AI-powered operator monitoring systems to improve transport safety, announces that the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday 5 November, passed a bipartisan infrastructure agreement which contains key provisions to improve road safety. President Biden is expected to immediately sign the legislation into law. \n \n \n \n \n \n Specifically, \n the legislation includes pieces of the SAFE Act, introduced by Senators Markey, Blumenthal, and Klobuchar and Representative Jan Schakowsky which would require Driver Monitoring System (DMS) technology to detect distracted driving. In addition, the legislation includes the RIDE Act, which was sponsored by Senators Rick Scott and Ben Ray Lujan in the Senate and Representatives Debbie Dingell, Kathleen Rice, and David McKinley which would require new cars to use advanced drunk driving technology to stop impaired driving. \n \n \n \n \n \n The safety provisions would require the National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA) to carefully research DMS and begin the rulemaking process to regulate this technology. These advancements follow the lead in Europe where DMS is required in new cars, vans, trucks and buses to detect distracted and drowsy driving starting from 2022.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Paul McGlone, CEO of Seeing Machines\n \n commented: \"DMS is already on the road today in systems like General Motors' Super Cruise and can tell whether the driver is engaged in the driving task or is distracted. If the driver is distracted, it has the ability to warn the driver and save lives.\n \n \n \n \n \n \"Seeing Machines welcomes this progress on automotive safety and we look forward to continuing work with the U.S. Congress and NHTSA to ensure these technologies are available to all drivers and save the maximum number of lives.\" \n \n \n \n \n \n This leg...