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2022-09-22 -Short Attention Span Theater-

NTSB says all vehicles need alcohol detectors and the law will soon require them

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Washington woman gets stolen car stuck in fresh concrete with child and bottle of whiskey, officials say

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-21 15:20|| 2022-09-21 15:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Stupid device that has nothing to do with the movement of a car. Just another expensive device to fail.

Posted by 3dc 2022-09-22 05:16|| 2022-09-22 05:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Any bets on how long until there's an underground industry to bypass it?

Posted by Nguard 2022-09-22 07:32|| 2022-09-22 07:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Coors Light beer drenches Florida highway after semi-trailer crash

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-22 07:47|| 2022-09-22 07:47|| Front Page Top

#5 We will end up with prohibition again, and everything that came with it last time.

But with better guns.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-09-22 07:49|| 2022-09-22 07:49|| Front Page Top

#6 People always rebel against nanny states.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-09-22 07:53|| 2022-09-22 07:53|| Front Page Top

#7 Surprised they didn’t also charge her with attempted murder of the roundabout; i can almost root for her on that front…….
Tossing the whiskey? Clear cut case of alcohol abuse.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-09-22 08:05|| 2022-09-22 08:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Sportsball players, rappers, spouses of politicians...

Imagine the non-compliance!

Any bets on how long until there's an underground industry to bypass it?

Says there that the first practical ones were installed early 80s. I'm guessing day +1 early 80s.

and $60 to $80 per month to calibrate and monitor remotely,

Oh ho ho ho ho.....now there is what really is up.

"There are a lot of ways that safety can be improved that don't involved invading people's privacy. Keeping the data in the vehicle would help address that," Stanley said.

"I hope the regulators recognize the seriousness of this issue and don't mess around with how the information collected is managed by the automakers."

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How about you blow it?
Out Your Ass.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-22 10:28|| 2022-09-22 10:28|| Front Page Top

#9 Whenever they put these blocks on a car starting and running, they're putting lives at risk. Woman fleeing an attacker -- gets into car, but it won't start because she has to blow start it first. She's never gotten a DUI, but some bureaucrat's pursuit of an impossible end is going to ruin her life.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-09-22 10:56|| 2022-09-22 10:56|| Front Page Top

#10 It's easy to bypass, just get someone else to blow into it. I've known quite a few people who have had these machines in their cars, they tend to cut your car off at the most oppurtune times, like say at a red light.

Posted by Chris 2022-09-22 11:19|| 2022-09-22 11:19|| Front Page Top

#11 The passive system is dubious, at best. Dude drunk of tequila in the passenger seat yaking it up with and towards driver, bang shutoff. Drive by that beer spill, lights out. While operating.

The blow in the tube is totally unsanitary for any instance of more than one operator. Remember that fad where breathalyzers were put in bars so patrons could self-test before leaving and everyone was like, "karfing gross"....back in the 90s? Nevermind 'post Covid'.

So that leaves the fingerprint oximeter style spectrum analysis. Which would work until the screen/sensor doesn't for whatever reason, like scratched screen or ocean mist/environmental conditions corroding the sensor. In addition, one would have to be loaded into the system in order for the system to recognize a legitimate driver which would require an upload and confirmation process, something which would be a hassle or worse if there was a legitimate DD pinch driver, something like a chauffeur or valet parking situation, or an actual emergency from an injury or need for a policeman or firefighter to move a vehicle.

Nevermind all the Karen Protocols they'll have to add to prevent driver switching, such as vehicle must be in gear within 10 seconds of ignition/activation, and shutoff if left in Park for 10 seconds no activity. That's your pre-heating vehicle in cold, pre-cooling in hot weather, traffic jams, road construction delays.

In the meantime, all the Pelosi in the world get the Hal Dog 20/20 hack which they could use in court as a defense item, "Sir, my client could not have been intoxicated while driving or the system would not have allowed operating the vehicle. The vehicle is calibrated at the premium $200 per month package."

Its all bullshit bureaucracy legitimizing generating income for somebody's cousin in the name of safety, at the expense of your actual safety. "Alcohol detected - controlled stop begins in 30 seconds. Please pull over." Shit, hope this is a safe Interstate exit...

or

"The prosecutor would like to add to evidence the vehicle breathalyzer report which says here, previous to this accident, that you tried to drive intoxicated for 8 days straight." "Sir, my ex-girlfriend is crazy and she poured gin all over the sensor."

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-22 11:37|| 2022-09-22 11:37|| Front Page Top

#12 Maybe try punishing people who actually commit crimes, instead of assuming everyone is a criminal?

But, where's the graft in that? Also, it would call FIB, other LE organizations, the courts and most other gummint business model into question.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-09-22 11:45|| 2022-09-22 11:45|| Front Page Top

#13
Welcome to the sober car, sir!
Fasten your seat bel...bzzt doot
Wait, are you a Pelosi?

You're slurring a bit,
you forgot your pants there,
and you walked like Bela Lugosi. 🤖

Posted by Dron66046 2022-09-22 12:54|| 2022-09-22 12:54|| Front Page Top

#14 If I recall the technology correctly - those devices need to be calibrated monthly or every couple months.

Not to mention false positives.

Posted by mossomo 2022-09-22 13:27|| 2022-09-22 13:27|| Front Page Top

#15 An what self driving vehicles?

Posted by NN2N1 2022-09-22 13:55|| 2022-09-22 13:55|| Front Page Top

#16 Remember that fad where breathalyzers were put in bars so patrons could self-test before leaving and everyone was like, "karfing gross"....back in the 90s? Nevermind 'post Covid'.

A buddy one evening blew a 2.3 in one. He thrust his arms in the and said, “I beat my GPA”.

Posted by Beavis 2022-09-22 14:03|| 2022-09-22 14:03|| Front Page Top

#17 "I don't understand why you are not scared of the Covid!?"

Looped drying towel in truck stop restroom.

Eating hot wings while using house bowling ball, communal grease pen use manual scoring.

Public use breathalyzer.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-22 15:23|| 2022-09-22 15:23|| Front Page Top

#18 "Hello! I'm your driverless car,
Also known as 'four wheels and a bar.'
Once you've paid your fair fare,
We can go anywhere
You're allowed to that's not very far."

Posted by Sheba White7449 2022-09-22 16:40|| 2022-09-22 16:40|| Front Page Top

#19 Social Circles, or, "EV phone home."

Posted by Sheba White7449 2022-09-22 16:42|| 2022-09-22 16:42|| Front Page Top

#20 😁

Posted by Dron66046 2022-09-22 16:44|| 2022-09-22 16:44|| Front Page Top

#21 #16 - LOL!

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