Patent ID: 8196694

Claim:
A system comprising: an impairment sensor system adapted to perform an analysis of a sample provided by an operator of a motor vehicle, wherein the analysis includes determining an impairment-related metric based on the sample; and a control subsystem, operatively coupled with the impairment sensor system, and adapted to control at least one mobility-related apparatus and at least one non-mobility-related apparatus of the motor vehicle, wherein, in response to a result of the analysis indicating that the impairment-related metric does not meet a criteria thus indicating that the operator is impaired, the control subsystem transitions to a no-mobility operational mode from a different operational mode, wherein transitioning to the no-mobility operational mode includes the control subsystem disabling the motor vehicle from moving through control of the at least one mobility-related apparatus, and simultaneously allowing the at least one non-mobility-related apparatus to operate through control of the at least one non-mobility-related apparatus, and wherein the different operational mode is chosen from a non-operational mode and a full operational mode, wherein the non-operational mode is an operational mode in which an engine of the motor vehicle is off, and wherein the full operational mode is an operational mode in which the engine is enabled and the motor vehicle is capable of being mobilized.