Patent ID: 8800708
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: A61B,B60K,B60W

Abstract:
1. A device for preventing a vehicle from being started, the device comprising: a breath gas analyzer arranged within the vehicle and detecting a breath alcohol content of an operator of the vehicle during a breath alcohol test; a sensor for detecting motion of the vehicle; a control unit connected to said breath gas analyzer and connected to an ignition system of the vehicle, said control unit comparing a breath alcohol level detected with a threshold value and acting on the ignition system in case of a detected breath alcohol level higher than or equal to the threshold value such that ignition of the vehicle is prevented from occurring, said sensor being connected to said control unit, said control unit requesting the breath alcohol test at presettable times in such a way that said breath alcohol test is performed with the vehicle stopped, wherein said control unit has a preset time interval as a latency period, beginning from the presettable times, within which the vehicle must be stopped.