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Toyota Creating In-Vehicle Alcohol Detection System
srizah writes "Toyota is developing an Alcohol Detection System that can detect drunken drivers and would immobilize the car when it detects excessive alcohol consumption. From the article: '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, according to a report carried by the mass-circulation daily, Asahi Shimbun. The system could also kick in if the sensors detect abnormal steering, or if a special camera shows that the driver's pupils are not in focus. The car is then slowed to a halt, the report said.'"
"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that"
Slowing to a halt is all good and dandy but a bit anti-clamactic. It would be much more interesting if the breaks automatically locked, the airbags went off, all of the lights inside flipping on and off like the starship Enterprise in red alert etc etc. Defintely would scare the heck out of me. Maybe they should make the system automatically put the warning flashers on too for good measure. :)
Once you start despising the jerks, you become one.
And make sure they're a size too small, just trust me on this.
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
And it's so damn cold i'm wearing gloves when i'm driving home pissed!
Better load up on anti-perspirant...
News just in: Sales increase 9000%!
They can also be used to heal wounds apparently...sweat sensors detect alcohol in the blood, they're either blood sensors or Web 2.0 has reached the automotive industry.
Perhaps they could make cars that detected a built-up sexual tension in a driver?
I have never been horny in my life, and never will be, so I'd gladly see this boner-alert feature in every car sold. Mandatory is fine with me.
What the fuck, they already offer the heated massage seats... Why not put out a happy ending to boot?
Obama likes poor people so much, he wants to make more of them.
Pfft. Gloves.
or if a special camera shows that the driver's pupils are not in focus.
Pfft. Blindfold.
You'll have to try harder than that to infringe on my freedoms, Toyota!
Car : *doesn't start*
Drunk : *starts using towel*
*time elapsed*
Car : Drunk driver detected, shutting down in 60, 59, 58, 57...
Drunk : *mashes gas pedel*
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
People also drink and get home safely, by bus, driving themselves, taxi, or otherwise. Whereas some people don't drink, go to church, and regularly beat their wife and children, pee on the floor. And hell, slow drivers cause accidents too. Lots of people can run someone over and completely blackout, all without alcohol. These things aren't related, and you relating them causes me to think you are already drunk. But that doesn't mean you are.
There's no shame in not drinking though, but to associate them is just silly. Voting republican, IMO, causes more deaths each year than drinking. But that's my opinion, and doesn't make it right.
KNOW YOUR DRUNKARD! YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT! You will not be able to see his eyes because of Tea-Shades, but his knuckles will be white from inner tension... and his pants will be crusted with semen from constantly jacking off when he can't find a rape victim... He will stagger and babble when questioned. He will not respect your badge. The Drunkard fears nothing. He will attack, for no reason, with every weapon at his command -- including yours... BEWARE. Any officer apprehending a alcohol addict should use all necessary force immediately. One stitch in time [on him] will usually save nine on you.
Seriously though, just because you disagree with something doesn't mean it should be illegal.
Maybe not
I predict you will see bums holding signs in nigteclub parking lots.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
... on email clients, and web browsers when posting.
Then the drunks will just drive hands-free; they'll think it's much more fun anyway.
We had one at the beach this summer.
I scored a 24!
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
Have you ever tried to ask a drunk where they're going ?
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
Wikileaks, no DNS
Uh... they're bums. Aren't they going to be drunk too?
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"Well, the bridge didn't fall all the way down!"
They are used here in the states as well. Unfortunately, these can be easily defeated by having a child or friend blow into the tube so the car starts.
I really don't have the trunk space to be hauling around a child just to get my car started.
paintball
The smarter people oughta be drunk/stoned, so they can overcome the anxieties generated by their knowledge... for instance: I only drive at saturday nights hammered out of reality, to escape the fact that the road is full of drunk drivers... :-)
It's better to be the foot on the boot than the face on the pavement. ~~ tkx Kadin2048