Lude Generation

Not sure if anyone else saw this. A driver exposed to carbon monoxide whilst on track, he spins off and luckily doesn't crash. But then pulls over and passes out.

http://www.carthrottle.com/carbon-monox ... his-story/

What, wait....... how

CO kicked in yo!

Cripes

That's horrible. Not nice to watch. Does beg the question why cars rant fitted with something so basic and cheap?

bad stuff

An engine running in good tune should emit very low levels of carbon monoxide.
From a manufactures point of view, it is a negligible risk. Adding a carbon monoxide alarm would add costs to production.

From experience of using gas detectors at work, when one goes off people will just swear at it and turn it off. They also have to be calibrated (6 monthly where I work, likely the same in many other places). If you've just bought a car, are you likely to want to have to pay an extra ~£50 to get a gas detector calibrated every 6 months?
Maybe when the car is new it will get done, but in 10-15 years time (when its more likely to be needed)?

Not likely.

Bloody hell. Makes you think don't it..with our old cars.

Well, the 4th's have plenty of ventilation

That is some scary jobby. But yep, engines don't emit that much CO when running properly.

You could see the windows fog up really quickly as the CO level rises in the car. It's very sudden, not surprised he was scared!