Guardian Ignition Interlock
The Original Ignition Interlock System
The army that battles drunk driving has many outposts. One of the most stalwart of them is the Tampa, Florida branch of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). This Friday evening, 23 March, the office will hold the 11th annual Tampa Walk Like MADD, one of the oldest and longest-running MADD walking events in the nation. …
How swiftly do you need to punish a driver for making the decision to drive drunk? In some states punishment is swift and immediate. The driver will be arrested, taken to jail where he or she is processed, and will most likely receive an immediate driver’s license suspension. Some states also allow the offender the …
Just one year ago Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) came out with an eye-opening report on ignition interlock use in the United States. At that time they released data that showed that ignition interlock use was responsible for stopping 1.77 million drunk drivers from starting their vehicles, and when you think of that in terms …
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is one organization that keeps up with changing technology. In order to educate the public on the dangers of drunk driving, they’ve been utilizing new technology like YouTube PSAs, ignition interlocks, and ride sharing to stop drunk drivers in their tracks. MADD’s support of ignition interlocks came about when they …
Ignition interlocks save lives, and now that Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has created the report “How Technology Has Stopped 1.77 Million Drunk Drivers,” we have a definitive number as to how many drunk drivers have been kept off the roads by the devices. Compiled from data taken from 11 of the major ignition interlock …
There are few driving under the influence (DUI) cases that have resulted in outrage like the affluenza case has. Ethan Couch will go down in infamy as the teen who killed 4 people and walked away with 10 years of probation, all because his lawyers say he grew up too rich to understand right or …
Every year Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) comes out with a report to the nation on how the states are faring in their fight against drunk driving. The report is based on a five-star system, with 1 star being the lowest rating and 5 stars being the highest, and not all stars are equal when …
Most people think if they aren’t behind the wheel of a car, they’re in no danger of being involved in a crash of any kind. Especially when it comes to drunk driving, it’s the power and force of one vehicle crashing into another vehicle that can cause severe injury or death, right? It’s true, the …
There are ad campaigns, billboards, public service announcements in the form of videos, and checkpoints with locations published in local newspapers: with all of the information available on the dangers of drinking and driving, the very obvious counter-attacks designed to catch people who get behind the wheel after drinking, and the wide-spread publication of tragic …
Summer months are a favorite time of the year for a lot of people. What’s not to like when every day is warm, the sun is out, and there’s always a patio to sit on or a beach to spend time on? But just like bikinis and Bermuda shorts come out in the summer months, …
