Feds’ Anti-drunk Driving Gadget Would Render Everyone Wasted

nanny state liberation front ^ | June 11, 2010

[Syntyr]

“Several devices are being tested, including skin sensors,” CBS-11 revealed. “Just by touching the steering wheel or gear shift, the vehicle could conceivably determine the driver’s blood-alcohol level. Other ideas include installing sensors above the driver’s head or head rest that could test perspiration and breath samples.”

Have these idiots ever heard of GLOVES and maybe a bag or piece of tape over the other sensors.

[Mr. Lucky]

Some years ago, the Federal Railroad Administration cdame up with the brilliant idea of requiring dead man springs in every locomotive; after the alarm prompted, the spring switch had to be swatted or the train would go into emergency. It took maybe fifteen minutes for every engineer in the country to figure out he could tie a bootlace from the spring to the windshield wiper.

[dalereed]

Time for drunks against mad mothers to organize!!!

[dfwgator]

It’s only teenage wasteland. Teenage wasteland. Teenage wasteland. They’re all wasted!

[Joe 6-pack]

"I don’t drink, but I like to wash my hands with beer before going for a drive - is this going to be a problem?"

Well, when the government promotes their semi-annual swine flu paranoia campaign, most people end up washing their hands in jelled alcohol...

[bigheadfred]

I am IN!

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

Rapists will seek women that had a margarita and are then stranded alone in their cars.

Good Example! ... of liberal idiocy. Let the free market and the common sense of citizens decide who wants such a device.

Obviously, this doesn't apply to those with multiple drunk driving convictions. But under this idiotic proposal, your mouthwash could make you late for work, or late to drive your wife to the hospital, etc.

Liberal meddling KILLS!