Anti-Drunk Car From Nissan September 15, 2006

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Nissan is planning a canny solution to those nights when the police find you polluted drunk, kneeling naked in front of your car with the keys in your ass, while trying to light your cigarette from the headlights. Robin Williams truly is a genius when he stops making soppy movies.

Nissan is hoping to prevent things getting too far by developing an anti-drunk car that won’t even bother starting until you’ve passed some kind of tests. At the moment, this might involve breathing into a straw-like tube on the driver’s side which will breathalyse you and then decide whether or not you are sober enough to drive. If not, the engine remains dead. A spokesperson said:

“Nissan is also studying a device that requires drivers to enter personal identification numbers of many digits, which may be a difficult task if they are drunk.”

So now, in addition to a Japanese car telling you, ‘The door is open’ it will soon be able to add ‘You are pissed – get a taxi'. – Martin Lynch

Via Bornrich

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