[HighPlainsDrftr]

I've thought for a while if you want to stop drunk / impaired driving, that the system could be reworked.

1. Require an electronic drivers license that stores data on your driving skills, reaction time, and some metadata about solving problems.

2. When you get into the car, you have to solve a medium complexity puzzle. Eg hit a certain color in a row on a touchpad - think simple simon. Or a math, quiz, something.

3. If you can't solve it, the car won't start. Or have an emergency button that allows you to start the car, but then it turns on the hazards and honks the horn while your driving (showing that you haven't proven that your reflexes are up to par). This allows everyone to watch out for you, and can bring the attention to LE.

Eek. This is just captcha for driving. I don't like it. But it might save lives!

[lamontcg]

Might get women raped as well. Having to solve a captcha while you're under stress and you want to get the fuck away from wherever you are is a terrible idea. Honking the horn may also be horrible if what you want to do is not alert anyone that you're getting away until you get somewhere safer.

[HeyLaughingBoy]

This was immediately what I thought also. My wife was attacked in a parking lot late one night and managed to kick the guy and run to her car and drive off before he could recover. So now we have to run to the car and do a math problem before the car starts?

[jazzyjackson]

this captcha business is adversarial. I would refuse to drive a vehicle that treats me as a criminal by default (same reason I avoid airports).

Having a different class of license effect the cars performance is interesting tho. I guess you'd want to rely on biometrics so that high-skilled-drivers don't become a target to steal their license. Probably need a way to revoke licenses, which means the car will need to stay online at all times. Brings to mind those rental cars that won't unlock if they're in an underground garage or out in the woods.

IMO it's all too much complexity to rely on, a car should be a machine that goes when you hit the gas. If you want to save lives, more public transport and slower speeds + roundabouts is the answer.