Yeah, me again. Anyway, like I said, stay the hell outta New Mexico beginning in '08...as we probably will have to walk everywhere. Jeebus, I mean, seriously...we'd all be in such great shape, though...imagine all the times I would have had to hike it from the Fe.
Posted by Chris at February 17, 2004 05:24 PMThink of how many new friends you would have made those nights after the Fe, trying to get strangers to blow on something in your car. Actually, come to think of it, you don't make that many friends . . . but with enough money in the right neighborhood . . .
Posted by: John at February 17, 2004 05:51 PMAs much as this helps prevention, it's a very expensive device to have on every car. If you're forced to rent one from Maryland, it's $150 just to install it. I'd imagine this will add several hundred dollars to the cost of a new car.
The funny thing about new interlock systems is that in order to prevent sober people starting the car for friends, it will occasionally beep while you are driving. If you don't blow into it within a few seconds, the car starts honking and the lights flash until you pull over. And you can't even hear the thing beep when the radio's on loud.
So, should we try to figure out a way to hack this thing right now? Terrapin-Defeat-Interlock-Systems.com anyone?
Posted by: Rick at February 17, 2004 11:15 PM"it's $150 just to install it" - not to mention, it is another $60-$70/month to have the information downloaded off the interlock and sent in. I am not sure what the winter is like in New Mexico, but you have to sit in your car for about 10 minutes to get the light to come on in the winter, so you can blow into the tube. And you can't leave, because if you miss it, the machine records it, and BAM, probation violation. Granted, I imagine the technology would have to improve for people not convicted of anything to freeze their ass off in the car because of others.
Posted by: Pat at February 18, 2004 08:32 AM