With it no longer fear traffic police checking for drink drivers

Blow up the car steering wheel, you can detect whether you are sober enough to drive, can you imagine this picture? This sounds a bit crap, but the United States Transportation Department (DOT) is working on the technology, and hopes to resolve the drunk driving problem.

Last week, the DOT has published new research of two types of in-vehicle alcohol sensors, first alcohol detector is installed in the car under the steering wheel, and the second is used to scan the infrared sensor. These two technologies to detect the driver's blood alcohol concentration at or above 80mg/ml (laws for drunk driving), if the driver was drunk, the car will be locked.

Although the technology is still in the research stage, but its supporters--including car makers such as BMW, Ford, and GM, arguing that it could save thousands of lives each year. Although United States road becomes more and more safety (in the past decade, traffic fatalities fell by nearly one-fourth), but still close to 10000 people per year died in a drunk driving accident, estimated that alcohol-sensor vehicle could save 7000 people each year.

"This technology has great potential to prevent specific groups of drunk driving, such as teenage drivers and commercial fleet", DOT Mark Rosekind, head of the press, said that "after this technology is provided to the owner, it would be a good tool to prevent drunk driving. "

However, just because is technically feasible, but that doesn't mean it will be widely used. Early in 2007, Japan Nissan company unveiled a prototype car, the car through the shift lever on the sensors to detect the driver's blood-alcohol concentration, but this technology has not been universal. Similarly, in the United States, some of those who committed a crime of drunk driving, before they were back on the highway, will be forced to the car containing alcohol Tester, but most of the drivers don't care about results. Michael Kors iPhone 6 Plus Case

However, in-vehicle Alcohol Tester if it is for specific populations, can still find market positioning. If the technical test results recognized in law, parents may give children you just learned to drive. Similarly, the shipping company will put their team on, doing so can not only save the lives of drivers, but also to reduce insurance costs. Drunk driving deaths are preventable, there is this feasible technology seemed to be better than no choice at all.

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