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Beer-breaths beware * Japan - Nissan gets testy with drunk drivers
A new concept car with breathalyzer-like detection systems may provide even greater traction for Japanese efforts to keep impaired drivers off the roadOppama,Japan -Reuters -August 3, 2007: -- Nissan's alcohol-detection sensors check odor, sweat and driver awareness, issuing a voice alert from the navigation system and locking up the ignition if necessary... Odor sensors on the driver and passenger seats read alcohol levels, while a detector in the gear-shift knob measures the perspiration of the driver's palm when starting the car... Other carmakers with detection systems include Sweden's Volvo, which has developed technology in which drivers blow into a measuring unit in the seat belt before an engine can start... (Photo: Nissan's alcohol-detection sensors check odor, sweat and driver awareness)
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