scott2ya
Iphone junkie
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join:2002-03-07
Missouri
| This is Getting Old!
Man this is getting old!
Why don't they just try enforcing the laws!
If you get caught then you pay the price. Simple as that!
I am going to get really pissed off if they start copy protecting everything. Next the government will start mandating governors in all cars capped at 65 miles per hour or even breathalizers. The list could go on and on. I like my Freedom!
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BrianDamage
We Are The Hounds From Hell
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join:2001-08-14
Rowlett, TX
clubs: 
| It's funny that you should mention breathalyzers (or intoxilyzers, as they are referred to in law enforcement.)
Those who have had previous drunk driving violations in some states can be forced to have a device installed in their cars that would force them to exhale into it for purposes of testing BAC before driving off.
If one fails, the car won't start.
If one passes, the car will start.
This technology has been around for a number of years. It just demonstrates what technology is capable of, and what technology misused by the wrong hands could do to the rest of us, even while some of that very same technology protects us, like keeping habitual drunks off the road, in the example I just mentioned.
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XBL2009
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join:2001-01-03
Chicago, IL | Yeah, of course you can get your sober wife, friend or kid to blow into it. |
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BrianDamage
We Are The Hounds From Hell
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join:2001-08-14
Rowlett, TX
clubs:
| Not when there is a camera mounted into it recording everything.
So, unless you have an identical twin, you couldn't make it work, and even if you did have one, the camera would notice one person exiting the vehicle, and another getting in.
I think also that there is some kind of sensor in the seat, so even if you got someone else to blow into it, they have to get out.
When exited, another breath would be required.
Also, tampering with the camera would be considered a violation and you would lose your license and go to jail for trying to defraud the system.
Believe me, there are failsafes in the technology they use to enforce this. It's expensive, and not often implemented, but it is done.
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