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        <title><![CDATA[auto detection of high alcohol level in blood in cars]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-5210-94329]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[i use to think that driving a car is a fundamental right.. but i was wrong.. its a privilege.. that's why one need a license from the government to do so.. and as such, the government has the mandate to revoke that license for reason stated therein.. so the statement &quot;Freedom and the means to move about freely are cherished American values...&quot; is somewhat misguided..  its the government prerogative to make sure that the car is not used to takeaway life.. it is therefore incumbent on government to make sure that preservation of life is a top priority, even though that means curtailing some perceived freedom for the benefit of many.. the ability to detect high alcohol blood levels is one of them.. so many lives could have be saved if we do not allow drunk drivers to drive their cars.. this is not debatable topic and therefore must be a standard and a required government mandated feature on any and all vehicles,,]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:25:05 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[14.  Tariqul Alam, Bangladesh]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This new car technology may undoubtedly lessen the number of accidents if its sensor system can really prevent the drunkards from driving the cars initially. We wish we had such technology in our Bangladesh so early as the number of accidents in our country is alarmingly rising high claiming a number of people's lives and leaving a lot many injured every year.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tariqul Alam]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 08:48:37 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New car technology can stop drunks from driving]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I know a guy who has one of those breathalyzers on his car. so when he goes out drinking, he takes along a tank of air so he can use it to blow clean air into the breathalyzer to drive drunk to get home. I think anybody with a little imagination would probably be able to defeat most detection devices. Good luck!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Cardinal]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:03:18 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New car technology can stop drunks from driving]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[While I am all for getting any drivers drinking from being in the drivers seat, it would be much harder having a system that would stop something very valuable. Designated drivers.Will the auto not work if you have no alchol in your blood, but have a car full of drunks you are safely seeing home!!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[DadsPad]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:18:07 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[@ReporterTuan]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Same law here in Britain. Lots of people break it, though.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:47:28 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New car technology can stop drunks from driving]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Actually, let me add a slight correction. Talking on your cell phone while driving is legal in California IF you use a hands free device like bluetooth.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:03:14 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New car technology can stop drunks from driving]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some places make it illegal to talk on a cell phone while driving in a school zone. I imagine when car radios were invented some people might have felt the same way and, yes, likely there have been and still are accidents because people were trying to tune in a station but nobody's trying to outlaw car radios. Or are they? http://streetsblog.net/2011/01/19/is-it-time-to-outlaw-car-radios/Legislating stupidity is such a big thing these days.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:22:05 -0800</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[@technology Officials in some states have taken the concern over distracted driving very seriously. In California, it is against the law to talk on your cell phone and drive at the same time. Granted, the penalty isn't as severe as DUI penalties, but there is an ongoing effort to curb any kind of impairment that interferes with the driving safely.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:51:02 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Times are different from 1970]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[@shujin I think there has been an enormous cultural shift since 1970 when drunk driving was a misdemeanor and penalties were fairly light. Now that we know how dangerous drunk driving is, there is much greater popular support for keeping drunks off the road. The problem is that research shows that distracted driving (on the phone, texting, GPS-setup etc) is as bad or worse than drunk driving. But there isn't cultural acceptance of this as being morally equivalent to drunk driving. (It could be argued, however, that DWI is for the whole trip, while distracted driving is more likely to be intermittent).]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:33:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New car technology can stop drunks from driving]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Rather than preventing the car from starting, the device could as easily limit the maximum speed to 20 mph, alleviating any fears of malfunction, yet substantially limiting the chances of collision.Tarek Kettaneh]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:41:37 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New car technology can stop drunks from driving]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:09:47 -0800</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[@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.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:39:35 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New car technology can stop drunks from driving]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Presumably this will prevent driving by people who have had so much to drink that they won't remember they can use gloves to bypass the detector.  And what about THC, if marijuana becomes legal?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[hoodedswan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:25:34 -0800</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[When I get in my car, I frequently sanitize my hands with Purell. I wonder whether my car would start.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jtdavies]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:16:13 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New car technology can stop drunks from driving]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It was   July of 1970  that I attended the International Auto Show in Tokyo Japan. In addition to the race wining Fairlady Z (Datsun 240Z), there was a Honda (well, I piece of a frame of a Honda) on display with this cute demonstrator showing Honda's latest feature. What was it? An alcohol detector hidden somewhere in the dash of the vehicle. When you inserted the key, the detector scan the driver and passenger area for alcohol. If it did register alcohol levels above the legal limits (set for Point of Sale (POS)); it would not allow the engine to start (either by key or hot wiring). It also made random sweeps of the driver/passenger area when it was in operation. It it detected above legal limits while the car was in operation, it would sound a warning buzzer 3 minutes before shutting off the engine. This was a working prototype (parameters could be changed at the factory for POS) demonstrated by the cutie and a bottle of wine (she didn't drink it only poured it into an open glass inside the car).That was 1970; so why didn't Honda put it in production? No one wanted it! Unless it was law mandated no one would buy it. Bars and establishments with alcohol on their menus would definitely try to lobby against it.Why would 2011 be any different. I know it will save thousands of lives around the world but since when did that matter to individuals with a taste for drink? I am really surprised that Honda did not patent their process regardless or maybe they did.-shujin]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[shujin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:57:18 -0800</pubDate>
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