I’ve been thinking about road safety, Part 2
posted in Features, News, Road Safety |Drunk Driving, thats so easy to iliminate it baffles me as to why some of the car manufacurers haven’t already implemented it.
A while back I saw a post on the giz about this device and gigled to myself a little, it did seem like a step in the right direction though as most folks who drive and want to play there tunes from there ipod will want an FM transmitter so coupling it with a breathalyzer means you don’t have an excuse for not checking before putting that key in the ignition and heading home cause you’ve got an early Dail session in the morning 
But seriously folks, here’s another area where technology could really help. If one of these breathalyzer devices was linked to the ignition of your car and you were forced to blow into it before you could start your car, of course if your over the limit your car is imobilised until someone who returns a sufficiently low result takes the test, then at least you’d have to get some sober person to conspire along with your own drunken insanity, and how many people are going to do that for someone?
Maybe these idea’s are a little extreme but they’re both fairer than the current penalty points system, maybe they could be used in conjunction with each other, say you get 6 points for speeding then you have to have the GPS tracker thingy on your car until your points expire, and this is noted on your license so if your stopped at a random checkpoint the garda is notified that you should have this device and can check etc. etc.
Similarly, all convicted drunk drivers would be forced to have the breathalyzing ignition system fitted and similar note on there license, in this case I would say permanently. there would still be a need for random checkpoints but it’s gotta be better value for money than having Gardai sitting in hedges?
