Toyota System Would Detect Drunken Drivers, Shut D

[Bryanccfshr]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,240983,00.html

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Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) is developing a reputedly fail-safe system for cars that detects drunken drivers and automatically shuts the vehicle down if sensors pick up signs of excessive alcohol consumption, a news report said Wednesday.

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[wantin150]

I hope it works.

 

[Greggy_D]

Oh yeah....that'll be great when Big Brother shuts your car off going 75 down a busy highway with no exit in sight.

 

[Kestas]

Just what we need -- more sensors in our cars.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Wasn't it Saab or Volvo that came out with something similar a few years back? It was some car in Europe. You had to blow into a breathalyzer in the dash. If you didn't pass, the car wouldn't start. The problem was, you could have always gotten someone else to "pass" the test for you...

Going back to the article...

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Cars fitted with the detection system will not start if sweat sensors in the driving wheel detect high levels of alcohol in the driver's bloodstream

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What if you're wearing gloves?

 

[Bryanccfshr]

This is just an interlock device. Same thing could be done with seat belts in occupied seats. If the seat belt is not buckled the vehicle can be kept out of gear, it it removed while in motion the car could be safely disabled and an alarm sounded. Auto manufacturers could also be forced to install compulsory speed limiters at a percentage of the nations maximum speed limit. This is simply technology and the goverment is not requiring any of it.