National Interlock News
Smart Start of Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa will be making a transition. Although we have been blogging here since 2005, it is time for an update. Our current platform is reaching it limits, and we want to continue to offer you the most up to
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In an article published by Reuters, the following statements were used describing ignition interlock devices and their effectiveness. Ignition Interlock devices will prevent drunk driving recidivism. While this seems obvious, sometimes
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Otoe County, and Nebraska City have taken DUI’s seriously. Below is an excert on what they are up to. Read the full article here. “Partners for Otoe County (P4OC), is one of 16 community coalitions in Nebraska to receive a Strategic Prevention
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A link to the full original article and video can be found by clicking on this link. On an 11th DUI, Edsel Hess, received 6 months of jail. While Kansas has the best intentions with mandating permanent license suspension on a fifth or subsequent
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Smart Start continues to set the standard in ignition interlock technology. Smart Start is featured in the following link, and again below in this issue of Technology Today. Smart Start offers the newest, most advanced ignition interlock
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Hawaii looks to have passed life saving ignition interlock legislation. Lt. Governor Duke Aiona signed their legislation into law last Monday. The new law will allow convicted DUI offenders to get back behind the wheel, with the only restriction
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Sarah Longwell, who is the managing director for American Beverage Institute, was in the Ohio Statehouse last week. She seems to pop up just about anywhere ignition interlock laws are in the works lately. Ms. Longwell is obviously out fighting
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