{"id":2143,"date":"2020-01-04T10:18:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T15:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2020-01-04T10:18:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T15:18:44","slug":"problems-with-ignition-interlock-device-used-by-reduce-dui-offenses-reported-in-new-york-times-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/problems-with-ignition-interlock-device-used-by-reduce-dui-offenses-reported-in-new-york-times-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Problems with Ignition interlock Device used by reduce DUI offenses reported in New York Times Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a December 23, 2019 article in the New York Times by Stacey Cowley and Jessica Silver-Greenberg,\u00a0the New York Times reported on an increasing concern over the use of ignition interlock devices for drivers with drunken driving convictions. The interlock device is connected to the vehicle\u2019s ignition and requires the driver to prove sobriety by blowing into the device before allowing the vehicle\u2019s ignition to start. By some accounts, the devices have resulted in 15% fewer fatalities from alcohol-related car accidents in the 34 states that require them and have prevented more than three million attempts to drive drunk in the past decade or so.<\/p>\n<p>While the interlock devices have effectively prevented attempts to drive drunk and prevented alcohol-related accidents, the interlock devices have also presented as a new cause for distracted driving. While the interlock devices first require a breath test prior to starting the vehicle\u2019s ignition, they also require intermittent tests while the driver is on the road. Drivers are required to hold the test with one hand and blow into it to keep driving. If the driver does not comply with one of the randomly-initiated \u201crolling tests,\u201d the vehicle\u2019s horn honks and lights flash until the vehicle\u2019s ignition is turned off.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturers of the interlock devices, while benefitting from the rapidly-growing and lucrative interlock device industry, cite a lack of evidence of interlock-related distracted driving accidents, and also cite that it is impractical to expect drivers to pull over each time they retest. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, however, began revising its guidelines for the use of the device, indicating that it intends that drivers should pull over to the side of the road before performing the retest. Still the function of the devices has not changed, and the device does not require that a vehicle be in park before performing a retest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/problems-with-ignition-interlock-device-used-by-reduce-dui-offenses-reported-in-new-york-times-article\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Problems with Ignition interlock Device used by reduce DUI offenses reported in New York Times Article\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a December 23, 2019 article in the New York Times by Stacey Cowley and Jessica Silver-Greenberg,\u00a0the New York Times reported on an increasing concern over the use of ignition interlock devices for drivers with drunken driving convictions. 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