Smart Start of Kansas

Well, as many have made a point of license suspensions simply do not work.  A conservative estimate from MADD is that 75% of people under a license suspension continue to drive.  MADD offers up a solution to this problem.  They encourage...

Smart Start of Nebraska now has a new location in Nebraska City, Nebraska.  Smart Start of Nebraska will now offer ignition interlock device installation, services and calibrations in Nebraska City.  Special pricing will be available to people...

Smart Start of Nebraska now has a new location in Columbus Nebraska.  Smart Start of Nebraska will now offer ignition interlock device installation, services and calibrations in Columbus.  Special pricing will be available to people in this...

South Dakota woman arrested after blowing a .708, nearly nine times the legal limit of .08 on December 1st.  She was then arrested again this Monday for second offense.  Both arrests were in stolen vehicles.  To see a full version of this...

After a series of bad decisions on his bachelor party, there groom will now be wearing a GPS ankle bracelet at his wedding.  Apparently a woman was groped and an officer was head butted.  Definitely ingredients to end in trouble.  To read...

Although 2008 had the lowest number of fatalities for Kansas since they started keeping track of that statistic, this year the number increase sharply The Wichita Eagle reports.  This number may entice the legislature to act earlier than the 2011...

Minnesota man was arrested while driving his La-Z-Boy down the road.  He was arrested after hitting a parked car with a .29 BrAC.  To see the full article click here.  This offense, had it happened in Kansas or Nebraska, would require...

Smart Start of Kansas works with Vanguard Offender Management out of Topeka, Kansas to provide the most reliable house arrest solutions available.  Vanguard offers active GPS tracking with optional home alcohol monitoring with or without a home phone...

  Smart Start of California makes the news after their state passes a pilot first time offender bill.  Below is a video of the Smart Start 20/20 device in action.  The 20/20 device makes it possible to capture a picture of the person taking...

50 year old Reno Nevada man has been arrested for 3 DUI’s in a seventeen day period.  It would be interesting to know if this man was driving the same vehicle in all three traffic stops.  Another case where getting an ignition interlock device...

Smart Start Inc. has release their new website.  They have done a stunning revamp of their old site and I would say it was well worth it.  Check out their site, it is full of valuable information. Smart Start provides the best in ignition interlock...

A collaboration of some of the best minds and perspectives in the state of Kansas has come together with one common goal.  To pass a DUI bill that simplifies the process and achieves better results.  With this many perspectives it is one common...

A Wichita Kansas man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after a high speed attempt at elusion.  When the police finally caught up with him he was attempting to hide in the cover of the grass in his back yard.  Unfortunately the grass wasn’t very...

    Lincoln Nebraska police arrest a 12 year old boy for a DUI after colliding with a fence a stop sign and a parked car.  He apparently had a BAC of .14, nearly twice the legal drinking limit for an adult over 21.  This is not his...

A professor at Duke has been studying the effectiveness of ignition interlocks.  Below is an except from a story about this study. “Duke professor Philip Cook and a collaborator write in the New York Times that while ignition-interlock devices for...

Anheuser-Busch InBev has come out with their new “Fan Cans”.  As many of you could guess this is not receiving a popular reception.  These new “Fan Cans” are going to sport the colors of many popular college sports teams.  Since the majority...

Ex-Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie pleads not guilty to a driving under the influence charge in Kentucky this week.  Although two prior arrests for similar actions he is yet to be charged with a DUI.  We will have to see how this all...

You can take my drivers license but you’ll never take my lawnmower.  Very interesting story here, maybe we need to consider putting ignition interlock devices on yard tractors as well.  I’m not sure exactly how that would work but I would be...

North Carolina looks to add to the ever growing list of states requiring Ignition Interlock for 1st time DUI offenders.  For a full article on why a Smart Start Ignition Interlock device may be required to be on the vehicles of every 1st time DUI...

A Lincoln Nebraska woman get picked up for two DUI’s in the same night.  Not only was she picked up driving the same vehicle in both arrests, but it was also by the same officer.  This type of offense would be eliminated if there was a law requiring...

Smart Start of Kansas has shops all over the state of Kansas.  Smart Start is the leading provider for safe and reliable ignition interlock devices in the state of Kansas.  Smart Start also has the smallest most technologically advanced units...

Read the full story here. If you have a DUI in the Wichita Kansas area or anywhere else in the state of Kansas or Nebraska you will probably be required to have an ignition interlock device installed on your vehicle. What is an ignition interlock device? ...

Chamberlain who was 1 1/2 times the the legal limit when picked up on Oct. 18 last year will have to wait till January to have his case heard.  One possible sanction for this type of charge is having and ignition interlock device installed on his...

Troopers with the Nebraska Highway Patrol used extra hours during a special enforcement to take several intoxicated drivers off the road. “In addition to the 16 DWI arrests, 10 open container violations were issued and one juvenile was cited for Minor...

Shawnee Kansas police made 20 arrests out of the 380 people they stopped late Friday night.  That is over 5% of the people that were checked.  Looks like a successful checkpoint.  It would be interesting to know how many of these were for...