Guardian Ignition Interlock
The Original Ignition Interlock System
It’s a tale as old as time: someone posts something on their Facebook wall and it comes back to bite them. It can happen to anyone, and it did happen to a driver who was arrested for DUI recently. Her case is a good lesson for anyone who’s tempted to drink, drive, and then chat …
It feels as though the legal blood alcohol limit (BAC) has been .08 forever, but most people don’t realize that it was only established in all states back in 2004. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) was instrumental in helping states pass these BAC per se laws (laws in which having a certain alcohol level was …
When an offender pleads guilty to drunk driving after causing a crash and killing another person, the victim’s family doesn’t always receive closure from that plea. No matter what, moving on will seem impossible. That may be because the momentary sense of relief that comes from knowing the person who killed your loved one is …
Given how dangerous it is, why does anyone make the choice to drink and drive? It’s a tough question, but it’s an important one, because finding out why people choose to put the key in the ignition after a few drinks can help lawmakers and law enforcement formulate a plan to stop drunk driving before …
How many times should one person be able to drive drunk before they’re caught, convicted, and sent to jail for a long, long time? There’s no simple answer to that question, and although many states have repeat offender laws that include jail time, driver’s license suspensions, and ignition interlocks, not every state agrees on how …
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) issued their annual ratings for all states recently, and what was most notable about the report wasn’t the five stars they handed out to the top states; it was the one star they handed out to Michigan. MADD has a certain criteria that has to be met in order for …
A new research report out of Michigan has put the spotlight on the state’s repeat drunk drivers. First the bad news: a number of these offenders are failing out of the state’s DWI/Sobriety Court (driving while intoxicated). The good news? The offenders who install ignition interlocks as part of their program are graduating at a rate …
Everyone knows how dangerous drunk driving is. If you noticed someone seemed intoxicated and they wanted to get into a car and drive away, you probably wouldn’t get into a car with them. But what if that drunk person was about to drink and fly and they were behind the controls of an airplane while …
Too many people think of ignition interlock devices as a penalty. Because they’re part of what happens after you receive a driving under the influence (DUI) conviction, it might seem as though using one is punishment. But if you really think about it, an ignition interlock is the only part of the DUI process that …
It’s all too easy to fall into the trap of thinking you can only be arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) when you’re driving a car, truck, or van. That might be because the public usually only encounters checkpoints designed to stop a host of drunk drivers at one time, and all of those …
