Toyoa’s anti-drunk driving gadget elicits comparison to, yes, Nazi Germany

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Toyoa’s anti-drunk driving gadget elicits comparison to, yes, Nazi Germany Help me understand this. Toyota today announced some sort of anti-drunk driving “gadget” (more like a complete system, including a digital camera and a breathalyzer) that prevents a car from being turned on if it detects a certain amount of alcohol in your system. You know, to help reduce the number of drunk driving-related accidents, which in the U.S. caused nearly 12,000 deaths last year. That’s one death every 45 minutes. And yet, all too predictably, there’s a certain segment of the population who claim the system will fail because it infringes upon people’s freedoms.[Read more...]

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