RATING THE STATES
GEORGIA Georgia’s law enforcement plays a big role in getting drunk drivers off the road. However, until the state enacts legislation requiring the use of ignition interlocks for first-time offenders, drunk driving deaths will not decrease. MADD urges lawmakers to protect their constituents and save lives by passing a law to require ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers. HAWAII Hawaii is on the path to eliminating drunk driving. The state’s ignition interlock law for all first-time convicted drunk drivers went into effect in 2011. Implementation of the new law is going well with nearly 1,500 ignition interlocks installed in the program’s third year. MADD encourages more no-refusal law enforcement activities and the expansion of its interlock requirement to include repeat offenders. IDAHO Advancing legislation to require ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers, and to allow sobriety checkpoints will dramatically reduce impaired driving fatalities in Idaho. MADD urges lawmakers to take action and advance legislation requiring ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers and legalize high-visibility law enforcement activities. ILLINOIS Illinois, a five-star state, enacted its all-offender interlock law in 2009. MADD applauds Illinois on its continued efforts to keep roads safe. Sobriety checkpoints and continued refinement of the ignition interlock program are proven countermeasures to continue saving lives. INDIANA Indiana must do more to reduce drunk driving fatalities. While some judges require interlocks for first- time offenders, legislation is needed to require ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers, as well as enhanced penalties for those who drive drunk with a child passenger in a vehicle. MADD urges lawmakers to pass legislation requiring ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers.
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