Saab's Alcokey brethalyzing car key
posted Feb 10th 2005 10:02AM
The Alcolock, the
Alco-Detector, so many
breathalyzers being built into so many devices these days, it's
almost enough to make us wonder whether or not everyone is always functionally drunk, and we're just too sober and
oblivious to know it. Now Saab's getting on the wagon (the bandwagon, if you will) with their Alcokey, which will add
$400 to the pricetag of your car and will not disarm an integrated engine immobilizer unless you can breathe good and
sober into the device pictured. It's being trialed first in Saab's home country of Sweden, so maybe they're also taking
on opportunity to make a statement about a little too much Absolut sippy sippy going on this bitter Winter. Or maybe
they're just being progressive, socially conscious Europeans. You know, either way.
[Via I4U]
What that really need is to a breathalyzer on cell phones to prevent drunk dialing.
Well, I'm a sweed and i dont drink Absolut. Okay we do have a few deaths on the roads caused by alcohol.
I'll just have my four year old start the car... I'll take over from there.
What's there to stop me ask someone else to blow into that thing? :-))
have you ever driven a saab?
most people probably look drunk when then enter one trying to find the ignition on the steering column.
man... i miss the saab.
That's one product that surely won't make it onto the Russian market.
I've read that this would reduce auto insurance rates by 25% in the US if consumers elected to install these devices... I'd do it! I'd also install GPS tracking on my car to prevent auto theft for another 25% off - bring it on, big brother - I love this stuff!
I've said it before and I'll say it again: if you've been drinking and you're not sure whether you're OK to drive, you should be behind the wheel. The only acceptable blood alcohol level in a driver is zero. The fact that we allow up to .08 in most North American jurisdictions is, frankly, a complete travesty.
No gimmicky piece of technology will change the fundamental sickness of it all. Comments 3 and 4 (above), even if written in jest, speak to a sickening attitude that maddeningly persists.
I guess it's funny up until someone you know is killed by an idiot who drinks before driving.
Carmi Levy
http://writteninc.blogspot.com
"I've said it before and I'll say it again: if you've been drinking and you're not sure whether you're OK to drive, you should be behind the wheel."
Wow, Carmi, no patience for those bleeding-heart liberals and their anti-drunk driving policies?
I think this is a brilliant device. I'll take two.