The best compliment that can be received by an ignition interlock company in my opinion is to be told when a client is having their device removed that we changed their lives. Sometimes it is from the actual client, sometimes from their husband or wife and others it is a can a popcorn at Christmas from their grandparents. In an article that was recently published statistics were released. It showed that when interlocks are placed on first time offenders, they are 60% less likely to re-offend than those who do not have an ignition interlock sanction. Below I have listed a few of the comments that got my attention. Click on the link above to see the article in it's entirety.
"First offenders with "interlock" devices installed on their cars were 60 percent less likely to have a repeat offense than those who did not use the devices, according to findings published in the current issue of Traffic Injury Prevention."
"The average first offender has driven drunk many times before he or she was arrested."
"Interlocks present an opportunity to help change behavior rather than simply punishing or incarcerating the offender," Marques said. "It's not enough to revoke a license -- 75 percent of all people with revoked licenses drive anyway -- but you don't want to sentence an entire family to poverty if they're dependent on that driver getting to and from his or her job. By installing an interlock, the risk that the DWI offender poses is controlled, and interlocks become a public benefit."