| Feds want all persons convicted for a first time DUI to have interlock device (IID) installed |
IID bill would require states to enact new DUI laws mandating IID devices for all first time DUI convictions.
www.ohsoline.com/articles/2009/12/21/ignition-interlock-bill-filed-aspx
In an ill conceived bill, Congress is considering a law that would require all states to mandate IID devices for all those convicted of a first time DUI no matter what the alcohol level or circumstances. If the states do not comply (and they will) highway funds will be withheld. This is the way that the Feds get states to enact laws that Congress has no power to enact. This ploy was used to lower the BAC from .10 to .15 that most states previously set to .08, and zero tolerance for those under 21 along with increasing the drinking age from 18 to 21.
The claim based upon no real evidence, is that this will decrease highway deaths. The problem is that most serious accidents where the driver was at fault are caused by alcohol in the .16 range an higher. This law does not discriminate and is a broad brush that will miss it's target.
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Posted By Michael Fremont on December 25, 2009 02:56 pm | Permalink  |