New app - Can You Drive?

Unless the app lets you blow in the phone and does a test that way, it can't help you determine whether you can drive or not.

 

How do you work out the units of alcohol? Do you use the Strength (ABV) x Volume (ml)

 

Shouldn't weight also be included as i can drink my wife under the table two or three time she is about 100 lbs and I'm around 160

 

I hope it updates your status to something like

So and So: Is driving drunk right now, lol. He's at <insert GPS location>.

 

Aka police alert pro

 

If you drink, don't drive, the limit is for unexpected scenarios, not so you can drink some, drive, then kill my son.

 

You don't need an app to tell you it's okay to drink and drive. IT'S NOT.

That is why you need a designated driver, or a taxi.

Apps shouldn't tell you otherwise.

"But officer! My phone told me to do it!"

You can use your phone to phone someone to pick you up. That's all that should be done.

Just my 2 cents.

 

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Every person is different.

Blood alcohol calculator\tutorial



Also, in China, it is illegal to drive after drinking ANY alcohol. Personally, I rather prefer that law, and I'd rather not have any phone apps telling people they are "OK" to drive.

 

First off, it WILL be wrong. There is no way your app can be correct for every single person out there. There are too many factors, age, weight, height, how much food you eat that day, how strong the bartender made the drink...

You shouldn't be using an app to tell you whether or not you can drive. if you drink, DONT DRIVE.

And I'm sure this app is a great tool for that, and you should change the name of the app to something like "Alcohol calculator" or something, NOT "can i drive?" You should NOT be associating our app with alcohol and driving. If anything happens to anyone using your app, YOU could be the one to gets in trouble.

And having ONE beer and driving home is ok for a lot of people. ANd for those people who only one ONE beer, they dont need an app to tell them whether or not they can drive.

But it doesnt matter. If it's off AT ALL, your app is useless. You are giving people false hope on whether or not they can drive. Yes, it may give an accurate reading for SOME people, but it can also give a COMPLETELY WRONG reading for others. What is a small lightweight girl uses this app, which is obviously calculated to work for an average male, and it tells her she is fine to drive. She could have had enough after one drink, and your app wouldnt know any better.

Well sorry, you came on here to advertise your app to us, and we are going to give you our opinions. If you dont want our negative opinions of your app, delete this thread, or remove your app from teh market.

And while a lot of people understand this, you have to understand that there are a lot of stupid people out there who will actually think this app can be trusted. And for those people, this app could kill them.

 

This statement you made right here is exactly the problem with your app. It's shocking to me that you don't get it.

Some people out there are going to trust your app. If the app doesn't warn them, they will think they can drive safely. There are problems with this:

1) Your app isn't 100% accurate.

2) Even if the app can predict blood alcohol level somewhat accurately, it cannot predict how impaired that driver will be. (Different people respond differently to the same BAC level.)

3) Any amount of alcohol consumption impairs driving ability. Even if the person has a "legal" blood alcohol level, that doesn't mean it is a "safe" level to be driving.


And if you don't care about that, or want to pretend not to care about that, think about this. Someone uses your app and they then go out and kill someone while driving under the influence, it's conceivable they could blame you and your app for implying that they could drive safely. They sue you, and you lose everything.

Yeah, I know, it doesn't make sense. Neither does it make sense that a woman could sue McDonalds for serving her hot coffee at a hot temperature. Or how about the woman that followed Google Maps directions and got hit by a car.

People are looking for someone else to blame when bad things happen. You are making yourself a target.

 

Very, very well said. Exactly what I was trying to say. We aren't trying to make fun of your app, or tell you that it sucks. We are just trying to watch out for you, and make sure nothing happens to you because you created this app. We are just letting you know, this app is on shaky ground, so watch out.

 

In terms of legal issues.... you might be able to get by with just putting a disclaimer stating this is just for fun... and should not be the only factor that contributes to if you can drive or not...

 

If your app gets any popularity, it is a matter of when not if you ever get sued. It could also end up criminal against you if someone using your app kills someone. Are you prepared to shell out $100k to defend yourself? Even a really good disclaimer might not be enough to protect you.

 

And again, if you want to continue to push this app, we have warned you what could come of it.

Does this take into account the different brands of liquor? Different proofs? How strong the bartender pours the drinks? How quick you drink it? What you have eaten that day? How quickly your individual body handles alcohol? If it doesnt do ANY of these things, then its useless.

 

I'm pretty sure the answer should automatically be no. >_< if you need an application to tell you if you're drunk, you shouldn't be driving.

 

Thank you for your insightful post.