| MADD Supports New "Interlock" Guidelines
While they are working to put trucks on the road... law enforcement agencies are stepping up efforts to
keep drunk drivers off the road... due to the approaching holiday season...
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Better Interlocks to Detect Drunken Drivers Still Years Off
In most states, some people convicted of drunken driving can start their cars only after blowing into a device
attached to the vehicle that detects alcohol, shutting the car down if it does. These alcohol interlocks are a bit clunky and very intrusive ...
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Jeff’s Law
Illinois Gov. Blagojevich signs "Jeff’s Law," legislation that cracks down on reckless and drunk drivers ...
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Man first to be tried under new felony DUI law
PIERCE COUNTY -- A repeat drunk driver is going to be the first test of the state's new felony drunk law.
It means if convicted, he will have to serve prison time instead of a few days in jail...
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Drunk Driving Enforcement Crackdown Launched Nationally
WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters has launched a national drunk driving enforcement crackdown and
appealed to the judicial branch to use all the tools it has available to keep drunk driving offenders off the roads...
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New Jersey DWI Penalties
NEW JERSEY - Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) in New Jersey attracts a bunch of penalties that includes
fines, charges and surcharges, imprisonment or mandatory counseling...
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Tougher DUI laws will hit the streets next month
ARIZONA - When Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano signed a bill recently that will force first-time DUI offenders to install an interlock device on their cars,
the attention brushed over several other laws that could affect state drivers just as harshly...
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Tougher law will make it harder for DWI offenders to drive
MASSACHUSETTS - The 43-year-old Derry woman who hit a police officer and was arrested on her fourth
drunken-driving charge two weeks ago would have been a prime candidate for an ignition interlock device...
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Louisiana governor signs tougher DWI law
LOUISIANA - Gov. Kathleen Blanco has signed a bill into law that gets tough with drivers in Louisiana who get behind the
wheel after drinking too much.
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Alcohol a Factor in Nearly 1 of Every 3 Crashes
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Drinking and driving is still a major problem in the north.
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Tests show superiority of Draeger Interlock Device
ARIZONA - Some interlock devices can be bypassed using compressed air, allowing drunks to drive. The Draeger Ignition Interlock Device cannot.
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N.M. Drunken Drivers Using Ignition Locks
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Chris Romero hops into his blue-and-white Ford pickup, clicks the ignition on and then off again, and reaches for what looks like a black cell phone hanging from his dashboard.
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Ignition locks seen as weapon against drunken drivers
TRENTON, N.J. -- A revision in the state's already-strict drunken driving laws would make motorists convicted of even a single DWI prove their sobriety every time they get behind the wheel.
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