Guardian Ignition Interlock
The Original Ignition Interlock System
There were a lot of strange drunk driving cases in 2017, and many of them involved McDonald’s drive-thru restaurants. It seems like the place to be when you want a snack after a night out, and people don’t mind driving drunk to get there. But one man in Galesburg, Illinois decided he wanted Burger King …
Unless you’ve been living off the grid, you should know by now that driving after drinking alcohol is dangerous, illegal, and could possibly kill you or someone else. Why, then, are parents still driving drunk with children along? There have been more than a few cases recently that involve parents driving drunk with children in …
When you mix alcohol and driving, you can get yourself in a lot of crazy situations. Some of these situations can lead to serious trouble for the driver. After an Illinois drunk driving suspect crashed his car, he proved that point in an ironic sort of way. The man from Naperville, Illinois was driving when …
There’s a real effort to crack down on people charged with drunk driving in Illinois, and that means trying new programs and implementing new laws. The state passed an all offender ignition interlock law in 2016, and since that time they’ve required anyone charged with drunk driving in Illinois to install the device in his …
If no one ever tried to innovate in the fight drunk driving, there would be no police grade breathalyzers, no ignition interlock devices, and no roadside checkpoints. Life would go on as it did back when cars first hit the roads, and decade after decade would pass with drunk drivers claiming the lives of even …
If you make the choice to be a drunk driver, you also choose to accept what could come after you put the keys in the ignition. Yes, many people will manage to get home or to wherever they’re going without injuring or killing someone, but you could end up smashing into another car, a pedestrian, …
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s may be everyone’s favorite holidays, but it’s also a time of year that becomes really stressful for law enforcement. These three holidays and the days leading up to them are some of the busiest for drunk drivers. It’s the time of the year where, even if you think you’d never …
The Illinois Department of Transportation (DOT) is well known for cracking down on drunk driving by partnering with law enforcement for the “Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over” campaign. This campaign, a crackdown occurring on popular drunk driving periods like Labor Day and the Christmas holidays, focuses on upping law enforcement and pulling people over …
Illinois is best known for Abe Lincoln’s law practice and and the allure of its windy city, Chicago. It’s also pretty well known as a state that’s actively trying to curb its impaired driving problem. Illinois ignition interlock and DUI (driving under the influence) laws reflect that. Take the decriminalizing of marijuana for example. When …
Once you’re charged with drunk driving, how you’re sentenced really depends on the state you live in, your drunk driving laws, and the judge presiding over your case. No two drunk driving sentences are alike. Take a look at four of these offender’s sentences as an example. Repeat offender in Sycamore, Illinois After an officer …
