RE: New car technology can stop drunks from driving
@shujin: I'm not surprised the technology has been around that long and that it wasn't welcomed with open arms.
I think there are too many variables, like @jtdavies wrote, and also people who keep cologne in their vehicle. What about cough syrup? Then how about people who could figure out how to disable it? That would make someone lots of money.
Like shujin mentioned, the beer and alcohol industry in its many forms would lobby against it. Our politicians likely would praise it publicly--fervently in an election year--but might not do anything to mandate it because of pressure from many sides, including Americans who cherish our freedoms, as Mr. Nguyen wrote.
I think other technologies, like yesterday's article on WiFi systems in cars, working between vehicles, outside them, will do more and be salable to the public. Also, smart public transport that will keep cars out of urban areas would be a good option as well, maybe saving at least those 11,000 lives on its own by eliminating accidents in cities entirely.
