1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

I'm asking you to work to repeal or postpone Section 24220 of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which mandates surveillance cameras and sensors in all new passenger vehicles by 2027. The privacy risks of this technology far outweigh its promised benefits. These infrared cameras will track my eye movement, pupil dilation, and drowsiness patterns every time I drive. The system creates a permanent record of biometric data that manufacturers could upload to corporate servers and share with insurance companies to adjust my premiums based on driving behavior. While the law doesn't require external data sharing, the capability exists once these cameras are installed. That's not a safety feature—that's a surveillance infrastructure with a convenient excuse. The technology will also add $100-500 to every new vehicle, pricing out families who can't afford the surveillance tax. Automakers themselves oppose this mandate, warning of false positives that could strand drivers when the AI makes mistakes. Even the federal government's own estimate of 9,000-10,000 lives saved annually doesn't justify normalizing biometric monitoring of every American driver. This mandate should be repealed or at minimum postponed until privacy protections are ironclad and the technology proves reliable. I don't want a camera watching me every time I turn the key.