Interesting thread, I understand what Looger is getting at, and I agree with him. I totally think that curbing drunk driving is a great idea, however I don't agree with the direction Toyota is heading. More rules and restrictions doesn't mean safer imo. This has the possibilty to open the door to more rules and more restrictions on your car or whatever. Next could be speed monitors, then gps, then a camera that watches if you pick your nose, etc. The more restrictions you have the more easily stricter ones can be impossed on you.
Putting blood alcohol sensors in a car is such a reactionary decision. Why don't we invest more money into stopping the causes of drunk driving? Stop the problem before people get drunk and get into their Corolla to discover it won't start. We need to get it into peoples head to not even attempt driving drunk, instead of having the car saying who is drunk or not.
Why do we always have to monitor people? This kind of reminds of England and their huge camera system which did nothing in preventing crime. I would however have no problem if this blood sensoring system was used for people who have been convicted.
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