Vehicle inhibitor with override system and method

A vehicle inhibitor for interrupting operation of a vehicle by a driver upon the occurrence of a predetermined event, the vehicle including a vehicle battery, the vehicle inhibitor comprising:

• a vehicle power interface electrically coupled to the vehicle battery;
• a vehicle signaling interface communicably coupled to the vehicle and configured to receive an override-communication sent via the vehicle by the driver;
• an override module configured to issue an override-command in response to the override communication;
• a vehicle inhibitor electrically coupled to the vehicle power interface, the vehicle inhibitor including a controller module and a user interface and communicably coupled to the controller module, the user interface coupled to the vehicle in view of the driver, and configured receive an enable-communication from the driver, the controller module coupled to the vehicle out of sight of the driver, the controller module configured to inhibit an operation of the vehicle upon the occurrence of the predetermined event, and to resume the inhibited operation upon receiving at least one of the enable-communication or the override-command.

A method for inhibiting operation of a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a vehicle inhibitor to inhibit operation of a vehicle;
• installing the vehicle inhibitor
• operating a system user interface in a predefined pattern such that an enable command is communicated to a controller;
• receiving the enable command and
• removing the inhibition of operation from the vehicle in response.