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Nissan?s New Car Boasts Features That Claim To Prevent DUI-related Accidents

By Conaway and Strickler

Nissan has unveiled a concept car that among other things, checks a driver?s soberness and alertness with a mounted camera that monitors blinking. According to a news report from Associated Press, the car?s alcohol detection system also features sensors in the gear shift knob that will test the level of the driver?s perspiration and may even issue a cautionary message in an electronic voice in an effort to prevent Georgia DUIs. These cars will be available this year in Japan and as early as next year in the United States, the news agency reports. According to Nissan officials, the car was designed in such as way that it can assess danger on its own and interacts with the driver to relay those dangers. Another example of this interaction ? if the driver takes his foot off the pedal, the car will automatically apply brakes to stop the car and if the driver continues to step on the gas pedal, the car will keep moving...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on November 11, 2007 (boomark / email).