Alcohol immobilizer having an emergency drive option
First Claim
1. A device for preventing a start-up or initial operation of a motor vehicle, by a vehicle driver who is under the influence of alcohol, comprising:
- a device for determining an alcohol content in the breath, blood, tissue, sweat of the skin, or in the interstitial tissue fluid of the vehicle driver;
an immobilizer for preventing the start-up or initial operation of the vehicle when the alcohol content determined by the device exceeds a specified threshold value; and
means for bypassing or disabling the immobilizer by the driver to allow operation of the vehicle when the alcohol content determined by the device exceeds the specified threshold value,wherein the means includes a repeated actuation of an ignition key of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A device for preventing the start-up or initial operation of a vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, by a vehicle driver who is under the influence of alcohol, as well as a vehicle equipped with such a device. The device includes a device for determining the alcohol content in the breath, blood, tissue, sweat of the skin, or in the interstitial tissue fluid of the vehicle driver, as well as an immobilizer which prevents the start-up or the initial operation of the vehicle when the alcohol content in the vehicle driver'"'"'s breath, blood, tissue, sweat of the skin, or interstitial tissue fluid, that is ascertained by the device, exceeds a specified threshold value. Means are provided for bypassing or disabling the immobilizer.
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8 Claims
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1. A device for preventing a start-up or initial operation of a motor vehicle, by a vehicle driver who is under the influence of alcohol, comprising:
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a device for determining an alcohol content in the breath, blood, tissue, sweat of the skin, or in the interstitial tissue fluid of the vehicle driver; an immobilizer for preventing the start-up or initial operation of the vehicle when the alcohol content determined by the device exceeds a specified threshold value; and means for bypassing or disabling the immobilizer by the driver to allow operation of the vehicle when the alcohol content determined by the device exceeds the specified threshold value, wherein the means includes a repeated actuation of an ignition key of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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