Nissan gets testy with drunk drivers

[willawake]

A new concept car designed to keep drunk drivers off the road goes much further than a built-in breathalyzer test.

Nissan is testing alcohol-detection sensors that check odor, sweat and driver awareness, issue a voice alert from the navigation system and lock up the ignition if necessary.

Odor sensors on the driver and passenger seats read alcohol levels, while a detector in the gear-shift knob measures the perspiration of the driver's palm when starting the car. cnet article

[willawake]

Re: Nissan gets testy with drunk drivers

do we really need all this? anybody have a car with seatbelt not on alarm? It is really annoying when a passenger gets out and then you drive off and have to stop to put their seatbelt back in the clip.

[Galvanized]

Re: Nissan gets testy with drunk drivers

Yes, this is rather over the top. What's next? Do we all wear motorcycle helmets while in car.

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[Super Nade]

Re: Nissan gets testy with drunk drivers

I heard that the car will dial the cops and write you a ticket as well...

[gastorgrab]

Re: Nissan gets testy with drunk drivers

How many drunks would buy a car with such restrictions?
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[Krankshaft]

Re: Nissan gets testy with drunk drivers

Anyone with a soldering iron and some knowledge would just disable these things anyway.

Hmmm it cut the ignition off huh oh thats what this relay is for .

I heard if it catches you it will cuff you and drive you to the PD .

[Logistics]

Re: Nissan gets testy with drunk drivers

Too bad they can't find a way to keep people who don't take care of their cars from buying nice cars. I pulled up next to a new Z today in my E34; a couple of kewl looking dewdz driving it with their arms hanging out the windows like they all bad. Light turns green and his Z knocks and pings. lollerz!

[yanz]

Re: Nissan gets testy with drunk drivers

I heard that the car will dial the cops and write you a ticket as well...

[Junk Parts]

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I don't want one of these things. My little Suzuki Esteem wagon knows its own way home from the Pub. We will be getting a new car soon the I will have to spend many months at the Pub inorder to teach it the way home. Its nasty work but somebody has to do it you know....LOL

[Super Nade]

Re: Nissan gets testy with drunk drivers

Anyone with a soldering iron and some knowledge would just disable these things anyway.

Looks like somebody is into boosting cars.

[kc8adu]

Re: Nissan gets testy with drunk drivers

Looks like somebody is into boosting cars.

as in stealing?
not me.
"features" such as those are gonna get disabled about 15 minutes after i take delivery.
if the prior owner hasnt already done it.
just helped a friend do a firmware flash on a caddy cts-v
seatbelt nag gone.
annoying as fuck.
it had to go.
i wont tolerate any of this big brother inside hardware.that includes vista!

[starfury1]

Re: Nissan gets testy with drunk drivers

well instead of pissing around with ones that stop drunks driving
why don't they develop one that drives drunks home!

Hell for that matter build one for people who read newspapers, yak on mobile phones put makeup on and eat breakfast while driving....Ive seen them all.

Gee we could even set them up so they honk the horn and yell abuse at other cars....while we sleep on the way to and from work.

Yeah ... just in jest here folks

[yanz]

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..and eat breakfast while driving

haha... that's me