(send this to parf if need be)
A couple of things stand out:
1). It requires constant tracking of a vehicle. Naturally. The camel's head in the tent. The Amendment after the third one covers this.
2). It requires remote inter-connectivity of vehicle systems which could be hackable by bad actors. This is the perfect carjacking scenario. Also good for terrorist and bank robber use with a thousand projectiles available to shut down roads. Getting stuck in a bad neighborhood would be a death sentence.
3). The determination and trigger point is completely undetermined, and undisclosed. Someone could be looking for an address with a lot of variable start and stopping. Someone could be making good time on an empty highway. So what constitutes the definition of "impaired" and who determines it?
4). The government already mandates private insurance be paid to cover any possible medical costs. It allows repeat offenders to to be released back into the public to commit more crimes. It bears zero responsibility in the purchase/fueling/maintenance/upkeep of said vehicle. Why is it involved when it contributes absolutely nothing to a citizen's personal transportation and private property?
5). Cell phone texting while driving has been shown to be far more hazardous than drunk driving. They call it "distracted driving" to steer the blame away. This would be the easiest fix but it remains untouched. Bad roads, bad designs, poor signage all create additional hazards.
https://www.palermolawgroup.com/blog/vehicle-kill-switch-law
"A concern arises with whether the security of the impaired driving prevention technology will be responsible for being able to remotely assess a person’s level of impairment and shut off the car if it determines the driver is not in a fit state to operate the vehicle. The system may be able to accurately identify if a person has exceeded the legal limit of blood alcohol concentration for driving, but what about other unique circumstances? For example, drivers who are injured or in an emergency may be deemed too impaired to operate their vehicle, even though in reality the inability to operate their vehicle is likely to cause more harm to themselves and others they are trying to protect in these cases.
In addition, any computerized system that is connected to a network via the internet is at risk for hacking and infiltration by nefarious actors. The risk of injury would certainly rise in cases where a hacker was able to remotely activate a vehicle’s kill switch while the car was in motion going down a roadway. At the time of this writing, these concerns have yet to be addressed by the creators of the bill."