Stupid Law Alert! -- All Cars May Get DWI Locks

Albuquerque Jounal, Capital Bureau ^ | 2/17/2004 | Kate Nash

[novacation]

That's a good one!lol

[ApplegateRanch]

From what I know of NM, just lock up the legislators , and local politicos, and there wouldn't be any drunks left driving around.

[_Jim]

Already done. Its called a ballon. Blow it up before you go in use it to puff into the tube when you come out.

Just a comment - are you sure a balloon can pack enough pressure (without risk of bursting) to 'blow' for the consecutive 5 or ten seconds on one of these things?

Have you ever blown in one? There seemed to be considerable 'back pressure' - so I don't think that a simple balloon is going to work.

The only reason I know this is - I've got a neighbor who has one ...

Also be advised these things often (like the one my neighbors has, for instance) require that a 'blow' be performed every ten minutes or so. This will catch the those who insist on drinking and driving *after* they have started the vehicle ...

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

There are other options ?

[DesertDreamer]

EWWWWWWWWW!

I think this would be much simpler.

[festus]

No I'm not sure and no I haven't used one. But conceptually it should not be that hard to implement.

As to having to blow every 10 minutes. I can't imagine the backlash if that was ever approved and implemented in the state.

Heck they might was well turn the car into a giant rolling bagpipe.........

[c-b 1]

I don't drink and I'm not going to blow into anything to drive my own vehicle.

That make two of us.

[Fred Hayek]

Further reason for me not to move back to New Mexico. Even if the Skydrome (velodrome in Rio Rancho) ever gets built. The state government has had cranio-rectal interlock since Bill Richardson took office. Starting when that state tried getting income tax out of me for years before I lived in NM.

[ApplegateRanch]

Also be advised these things often require that a 'blow' be performed every ten minutes or so.

Great for people with chronic asthma, COPD, emphysema, or other lung problems that make breathing difficult.

Also, just how distracting is this to a driver in these days of ,oh! So much concern about 'distracted' drivers?

[I got the rope]

I wonder how many minutes it will take for some enterprising inventor to create a device to fake this detector.

I can't wait to see what Registered could come up with...LOL.

[I got the rope]

PERMA PURE

The internal compressor will supply up to 18 liters per minute of compressed air. The maximum pressure of the air is internally regulated to 30 psig. A panel mounted flow meter and pressure gauge indicate compressor output.

[Blue Jays]

Good Evening All-

"...How many would die or be murdered because the car would not start quickly, or at all, and they could not get away?..." [/possible scenario]

Scenario II:

Your spouse has already left for work and you are home alone with your young son. After breakfast, you go to the bathroom to comb your hair and brush your teeth. Today you take a few extra seconds to rinse with a strong, medicinal mouthwash.

You're ready to cheerfully tell your kid "to get a move on" for school when you find him on the kitchen floor having a seizure in a pool of cereal, milk, and blood. The hospital is only a few minutes away, but your all-volunteer rescue squad that will take at least 20 minutes to get to the ambulance station and respond. The gaping wound looks serious and is oozing greater amounts of blood.

You carry your child out to the car, place him in the back, and jump in the driver's seat. Oh, no! The onboard breathalyzer confirms you have minty-fresh breath, but you are summarily judged not capable of operating an automobile and the ignition system is automatically immobilized. Your son's eyes eerily roll upward into his head...

~ Blue Jays ~

[Thud]

Nah, just help 'em out with an amendment requiring that the locks contain components manufactured in every county in New Mexico.