New Nissan Blows Out Drunks

[Mulboyne]

AFX: Japan's Nissan to develop anti-drunk driving cars
Nissan Motor said it is developing cars that will not start if the driver is intoxicated. The firm said it is considering installing a straw-like tube on the driver's seat which the driver would have to blow into to start the car. The engine would not start if the machine shows the driver is intoxicated. The company 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, Nissan Motor spokeswoman Ikue Matsuura said...more...

[GuyJean]

The firm said it is considering installing a straw-like tube on the driver's seat which the driver would have to blow into to start the car..

Oh, how the tables have turned; I used to ask 'adults' to buy me beer when I was fifteen.. Now that I'm an 'adult', I need to ask middle-school kids to help start my car..

GJ

[flotsam]

having fucked ikue matsuura on several occasions i can say she's a feminist bitch just trying to take the fun out of all of our lives. any discerning nissan employee drives a porsche anyway.

[Mulboyne]

Japan Times: Struggling to put the brakes on the culture of drunk driving

...The media are now on a crusade against driving under the influence (DUI). Every day since the Fukuoka accident, the press has reported at least one -- but usually two or three -- drunk driving accidents, whereas previously they reported very few...Clearly, the best solution is making it physically impossible either for drivers to drink or for drunks to drive. In that regard, the most positive effect of the increased media attention has been on the automotive industry. A report aired by NHK last Wednesday stated that several of the nation's carmakers have said they will step up research into making their vehicles drunk-proof...more...

[Big Booger]

Wouldn't a can of compressed air work for this? I can see sales going through the roof.. (calls up the stock broker)