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An Ignition Interlock Device is a breath analyzer on your vehicle that is electronically connected to the ignition. These devices, the SSI 1000, is about the size of a cellular phone. When you breathe into the unit for several seconds, it measures your breath alcohol level and compares it with predetermined limits. If your breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) is over the authorized limit, your vehicle will not start.
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Drunk drivers: Congress gets behind breath-test ignition devices Chicago Tribune The ignition interlock prevents a driver from starting the engine if his or her blood-alcohol content exceeds a preset limit. In a pilot project that runs through 2016, DUI offenders in Los Angeles County and three other California counties were ... |
 Fox News | Drunk drivers: Congress gets behind breath-test ignition devices Los Angeles Times The ignition interlock prevents a driver from starting the engine if his or her blood-alcohol content exceeds a preset limit. In a pilot project that runs through 2016, DUI offenders in Los Angeles County and three other California counties were ... MADD to Face Opposition from Restaurant Groups Over Mandatory Ignition ... |
Courts Are Increasingly Relying on Breathalyzers Installed in Vehicles to ... MarketWatch (press release) Welcome to the relatively new world of breathalyzers or ignition interlock devices (IID's) installed in certain vehicles, which have been mandated by some local California courts to ensure that DUI offenders are sober before they drive. |
Crime Map: 14-Year-Old Hits Parked Car; Minor Caught With BB Gun; Woman ... Patch.com The driver was arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen property, driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license and a violation of a DUI ignition interlock device. The passenger was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public. |
Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office Daily Comet Kareem Ingram, 22, 627 St. Louis St., Raceland, operating vehicle with suspended driver's license, resisting officer with force or violence. Marlene Theriot, 50, 148 Dursette St., Golden Meadow, ignition interlock device offenses, second-offense DWI, ... |
2012 Roadmap to State Highway Safety Laws Shows Fiscal Impact of Highway ... MarketWatch (press release) "Drunk driving costs the United States more than $132 billion annually," said Jan Withers, president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). "Effective laws like ignition interlock for all convicted drunk drivers will save lives and save money for ... |
industrywatch Brantford Expositor According to recent court statistics in the United States, more and more courts are favouring the ignition interlock devices (IIDs) to harsher court-doled punishments. And although likely as expensive for the convicted driver (the cost to the driver to ... |
New impairment law Hinton Parklander By Craig Palmer Impaired drivers beware, a new drinking and driving law with harsh penalties is coming into effect in Alberta. A new impaired driving legislation was passed in December 2011 and, though it is void of any new demerits or fines, ... |
New laws to govern behavior of rich, poor alike White Mountain Independent In a report earlier this month, the National Transportation Safety Board urged all states to ban texting while driving. In Arizona, a new law will lower the time a first-time DUI offender has to keep an ignition-interlock device on their vehicle from ... |
Police Blotter Simi Valley Acorn A woman, 46, was arrested during a traffic stop in the 4100 block of Adam Road for driving a vehicle not equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device after her driving privileges had been restricted due to a DUI or speed contest conviction. |