DWI poll part deux - Page 3

plthijinx · 07-25-2005, 01:22 PM

apparently. i never had it on long enough to apply. well i did, technically, but i sent them the paperwork showing the removal and never heard anything back so.....

xoxoxoBruce · 07-25-2005, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by plthijinx

edit: a smart start is an ignition interlocking device that you have to breath into to start your vehicle and then it asks you again within the first 10 minutes after starting, then at random after that.

I wonder if you could blow compressed air into it.

plthijinx · 07-25-2005, 02:55 PM

no, it has a vibration switch in it. you blow normal for 3 seconds then hum into it for the next 3 seconds. i used to joke that i had to give my truck a hummer before it'd go anywhere :p

wolf · 07-25-2005, 02:56 PM

There are "features" on the device to keep you from doing stuff like that, or having someone else blow into it for you.

plthijinx · 07-25-2005, 03:07 PM

how can it know if someone else is blowing into it?

superbaton · 07-25-2005, 03:40 PM

this was my car, the guy who ran into my windshield was completely drunk.
i had no alcohol that night, so i was driving, this other guy was not driving, but had been drinking too much.

he is ok now. well, not O K, but lives.

lookout123 · 07-25-2005, 03:44 PM

was he on a motorcycle? no, there would only be pieces left. bicycle or really poor walking abilities?

superbaton · 07-25-2005, 03:48 PM

he was trying to cross the street, which in fact is an avenue, running.
he never saw me. nor me.

wolf · 07-25-2005, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by plthijinx

how can it know if someone else is blowing into it?

Many of the ones that require humming are tuned. To you.

I haven't found documentation of such, but I also wouldn't be surprised that in addition to BAL there's something in the beastie to test humidity and or temperature of the blow, to keep people from doing the compressed air thing.

plthijinx · 07-25-2005, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Many of the ones that require humming are tuned. To you.

huh < scratches head \> maybe, but with the company i used they said that if i took my car to the mechanic and joe mechanic was hungover and caused me to register then to bring the reciept in for proof. not trying to disqualify your statement, just maybe that particular company doesn't have that feature yet......

View Poll Results: have you had a run-in with DWI/DUI (they're the same in Tx.)
yes but never convicted	2	6.90%
yes and i was convicted	5	17.24%
absolutely not	20	68.97%
i'm offended you asked.	2	6.90%
Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

07-25-2005, 01:22 PM	#31
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	apparently. i never had it on long enough to apply. well i did, technically, but i sent them the paperwork showing the removal and never heard anything back so..... __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-25-2005, 02:55 PM	#33
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	no, it has a vibration switch in it. you blow normal for 3 seconds then hum into it for the next 3 seconds. i used to joke that i had to give my truck a hummer before it'd go anywhere :p __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-25-2005, 02:56 PM	#34
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	There are "features" on the device to keep you from doing stuff like that, or having someone else blow into it for you. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-25-2005, 03:07 PM	#35
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	how can it know if someone else is blowing into it? __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-25-2005, 03:40 PM	#36
superbaton The Cellar team Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ba, argentina Posts: 196	this was my car, the guy who ran into my windshield was completely drunk. i had no alcohol that night, so i was driving, this other guy was not driving, but had been drinking too much. he is ok now. well, not O K, but lives. Last edited by superbaton; 08-04-2006 at 02:32 AM.

07-25-2005, 03:44 PM	#37
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	was he on a motorcycle? no, there would only be pieces left. bicycle or really poor walking abilities? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-25-2005, 03:48 PM	#38
superbaton The Cellar team Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ba, argentina Posts: 196	he was trying to cross the street, which in fact is an avenue, running. he never saw me. nor me.

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