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In Denmark the have talked about an alcohol-lock, so you can only start the car if you breathe into a tube. But that is probably easy to cheat if you want to.
by kawsper 11y ago
In Denmark the have talked about an alcohol-lock, so you can only start the car if you breathe into a tube. But that is probably easy to cheat if you want to.
Oh, it seems like it already exists: http://alcolockusa.com/compliance/index.php?route=common/home http://alcolockusa.com/compliance/index.php?route=common/hom...
- bitJericho 11y agoIt's required for repeat offenders in some states
- voidz 11y agoThe Dutch already had this, but there were too much issues, legal and technical, to sustain it. If the Danes are thinking about implementing, hopefully they can do it in a better way than the Dutch.
- willvarfar 11y agoHere in Sweden, I don't know of any legislation but alochol locks are not unheard of. They are fitted to a lot of company work vehicles, and are increasingly popular in the cars of normal people who could never imagine themeselves drink driving because insurers will give discount. It was in my local paper that the local district nurses were having trouble with them because they had to wash their hands in alcohol after each visit, and this was enough to make the car lock up sometimes, leaving them stranded waiting 30 minutes until they could try again and start the car and proceed to their next house call.
- akerro 11y agoThat's a good idea to punish people who never drink.
- tomjen3 11y agoAlso they tend to take a long time to boot in cold weather. Which is common here in Denmark. In theory they would be great. In practice, well, we will have automatic cars before we have those.