Patent ID: 7671752

Claim:
An alcohol monitoring system for monitoring a driver of a vehicle comprising: a system for detecting amount of alcohol in a driver operating the vehicle to determine whether said driver is deemed intoxicated; a speed controller for setting a maximum speed of the vehicle to a predetermined level above zero in the event that the amount of alcohol detected in the driver is above a predetermined threshold and said driver is deemed intoxicated, said speed is set so as to minimize the impact of a collision while the vehicle is being driven by said intoxicated driver; a cell phone configured to automatically call a remote call center, in the event that the amount of the alcohol detected in the driver is above the predetermined threshold so as to allow an operator at said remote call center to safely guide said driver to a safe location; and a location system configured to provide the location of the vehicle to said remote call center so as to allow said remote call center to employ a mapping database configured to provide nearest resting locations to said vehicle so as to guide the driver to drive the vehicle to any one of said locations at a speed not more than said maximum speed, wherein said driver receives a communication from said call center based on information stored in a database, and wherein said database stores the identity of a plurality of designated drivers, said database allowing said operator to send a request to at least one of said designated drivers.