Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ncsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!ncsu!jcz From: jcz@ncsu.UUCP (John Carl Zeigler) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Technology Stops Drunk Driving? Message-ID: <2487@ncsu.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 10:22:35 EST Article-I.D.: ncsu.2487 Posted: Mon Feb 6 10:22:35 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 03:54:30 EST References: <910@cwruecmp.UUCP> Organization: N.C. State University, Raleigh Lines: 23 The idea of a gadget that tests for coordination is not new. I remember seeing films of such a thing many years ago. The basic idea is to present the driver with some sort of task that he could not do if drunk, and which he must do to start the car. The biggest problem I have with this idea is that it presumes guilt. I must prove my innocence before I can move my car. And what happens if the device breaks?? There I would be, stuck with my car flashing "syntax error" at me. How about some sort of device that compares driving performance with a running record and starts flashing a light on the back of the car if the driver is driving in an impaired manner? John Carl Zeigler The SAS Intitute Inc. Cary NC, (919) 467 8000 mcnc!ncsu!jcz