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Imagine a world where theres no self-driving cars and that same drunk guy on that some night hops in to the car and tries to drive home. Edit: I would gladly a

Imagine a world where theres no self-driving cars and that same drunk guy on that some night hops in to the car and tries to drive home. Edit: I would gladly accept more failure in uncommon edge cases if it means reduced failure in normal operation (ie: drunk guy slams in to a house at 1 AM on a clear calm night)

semi-extrinsic 10y ago
Imagine a world where the breathalyzer tech we have had for a couple of decades now was installed into cars and simply prevented drunk people from driving. This is coming; I've seen mentions of a system with passive alcohol detection (just from the air inside the car) plus active "blow in tube" test if the passive test triggers that will start rolling out to cars soon. But it seems if stopping drunk drivers was really a major concern, we would have done this years ago.
- uytyuiyu76678 10y ago
  That will just spurn a small industry with hobos camping near bars, ready to blow for ten bucks (no pun intended).
  - wavefunction 10y ago
    Hobos aren't generally someone you'd want to rely on for their sobriety.
    - uytyuiyu76678 10y ago
      They wait for a couple of ten buck payoffs before retiring for the day. Or the union has a designated blower for the day.
  - Jarwain 10y ago
    I wonder how unique the chemical makeup of an individual's breath is
  - semi-extrinsic 10y ago
    Cars already have sensors that can tell if you're sitting in your seat or not. So avoiding this is just a matter of putting the tube you blow into in such a position that it's almost impossible for someone not sitting in the driver's seat to blow into it; also you could require that the passenger seat is empty and both front doors are closed. Remember, the breathalyzer is only a backup in the situation where the car has detected alcohol vapors in the air, and is wanting to confirm that the driver is not the one who has been drinking. So it's not something you do every day, ergo it can be a bit of a hassle.

semi-extrinsic 10y ago

Imagine a world where the breathalyzer tech we have had for a couple of decades now was installed into cars and simply prevented drunk people from driving. This is coming; I've seen mentions of a system with passive alcohol detection (just from the air inside the car) plus active "blow in tube" test if the passive test triggers that will start rolling out to cars soon. But it seems if stopping drunk drivers was really a major concern, we would have done this years ago.

uytyuiyu76678 10y ago
That will just spurn a small industry with hobos camping near bars, ready to blow for ten bucks (no pun intended).
- wavefunction 10y ago
  Hobos aren't generally someone you'd want to rely on for their sobriety.
  - uytyuiyu76678 10y ago
    They wait for a couple of ten buck payoffs before retiring for the day. Or the union has a designated blower for the day.
- Jarwain 10y ago
  I wonder how unique the chemical makeup of an individual's breath is
- semi-extrinsic 10y ago
  Cars already have sensors that can tell if you're sitting in your seat or not. So avoiding this is just a matter of putting the tube you blow into in such a position that it's almost impossible for someone not sitting in the driver's seat to blow into it; also you could require that the passenger seat is empty and both front doors are closed. Remember, the breathalyzer is only a backup in the situation where the car has detected alcohol vapors in the air, and is wanting to confirm that the driver is not the one who has been drinking. So it's not something you do every day, ergo it can be a bit of a hassle.