RATING THE STATES
2 /5
NEW JERSEY New Jersey has the opportunity to stop drunk driving. Legislation to expand Ricci’s Law to include all convicted drunk drivers with BAC of .08 or greater will help save lives. MADD encourages lawmakers to expand the use of ignition interlocks to all convicted offenders and to utilize administrative license revocation following a drunk driving arrest or refusal. NEW MEXICO New Mexico is reaping the benefits of passing an ignition interlock law in 2005. Drunk driving deaths have decreased by 38 percent, which is well above the national average. MADD asks New Mexico lawmakers to pass a child endangerment law to protect a child riding with a drunk driver. And, to consider legislation to utilize administrative license revocation following a drunk driving arrest or refusal. NEW YORK New York is on the path to eliminating drunk driving and continues to improve its DUI laws. As of August 2010, ignition interlocks are required for all convicted drunk drivers. In 2013, lawmakers made improvements to Leandra’s Law to close DWI loopholes, which will increase interlock use. MADD is encouraged that New York lawmakers have made DUI reform a priority. MADD holds Leandra’s Law as a model law and congratulates lawmakers on its recent improvements. We hope the legislature will pass no-refusal legislation, thereby earning the state its fifth star. NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina saw much activity in 2013 with great hopes to pass an all-offender ignition interlock bill. However, the bill was halted at the end of the session as time ran out. MADD urges North Carolina lawmakers to continue their efforts to re-introduce and pass mandatory ignition interlock legislation. NORTH DAKOTA In 2013, North Dakota enacted DWI reform that failed to reform the drunk driving law as it deals exclusively with repeat offenders. MADD calls on lawmakers to enact legislation requiring ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers.
3 /5
4 /5
4 /5
4 /5
16
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online