Toyota creating alcohol detection system

[deadparrot]

TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. is developing a 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.

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.

The world's No. 2 automaker hopes to fit cars with the system by the end of 2009, according to the report. Calls to Toyota's headquarters in Nagoya rang unanswered on Wednesday, a public holiday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/ap_on_hi_te/japan_toyota_drunken_driving

[Lost-in-FL]

1. The same should be done for running the WH

A fail-safe system for presidential candidates that detects idiots running for office.

[Eric J in MN]

2. The article doesn't say if it's looking for .08 or what. NT

NT

[Massacure]

3. If it can detect alcohol in sweat, i assume it could be adjusted.

It may not now the BAC from your pupils or driving habbits but it shouldn't be hard to figure out from sweat.

[greenissexy]

4. A nice feature would be...

OnStar so it could alert the police to the DUI. That would put a lot of Republicans behind bars.

[MindPilot]

5. Love to hear THAT OnStar commercial!!

:rofl:

"911."
"Hello, this is Betty from OnStar. We have a drunk driver going east on highway 80."
"Is he Republican?"
"Yes"

[truthisfreedom]

6. gloves, glasses, etc.