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Inerlock for all 1st time DUI's?

MADD has release their new campaign to end drinking and driving in the US.  This campaign strongly endorses the use of Ignition Interlock Devices.  This news clip defines what their goals are and how they plan to use Smart Start to make help meet them.  The ignition interlock device featured is the same device that we currently install here at Smart Start of Kansas. 

 

 

Published Monday, October 30, 2006 12:49 PM by matt
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# re: Inerlock for all 1st time DUI's?

The State of Washington already requires Ignition Interlock Devices for anyone convicted fo Driving Under the Influence.  This includes first time offenders as well.  

As a former prosecuting attorney and former DUI defense attorney I fully endorse Interlocks as standard automobile equipment.  There are 47,000 DUI arrests on average in the State of Washington yearly.  Across the United States each year an average of 13,500 people die from a driver operating his vehicle under the influence.  

That is too many arrests and too many deaths to oppose Interlocks for every vehicle.  Think of them as a seat belt.  Both save lifes on the roadways.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 12:17 PM by Mr. Shad0w