RATING THE STATES
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OHIO Ohio lawmakers have not moved on MADD-supported legislation requiring ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers. The state needs to take action to further reduce their fatalities. MADD urges lawmakers to introduce and pass lifesaving legislation that requires ignition interlocks for all offenders. OKLAHOMA Oklahoma enacted the Erin Swezey Act in 2011, to require ignition interlocks for all repeat offenders and first-time convicted drunk drivers with a BAC of .15 or greater. The law also requires interlocks for first- time offenders with a BAC of .08 to .14 if they choose to drive during the six-month suspension following a DUI conviction. MADD asks lawmakers to improve the current law to require ignition interlocks for all offenders at a BAC of .08 or higher. OREGON Oregon passed a mandatory interlock law in 2007. This legislation, coupled with strong law enforcement efforts, has reduced drunk driving deaths by 42 percent. In 2011, additional legislation was enacted to require ignition interlocks in DUI diversion agreements, helping to close a loophole, as 11,000 of 24,000 DUI offenders receive diversion agreements. MADD calls on Oregon to utilize sobriety checkpoints and no-refusal activities. PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania needs stronger ignition interlock legislation. While lawmakers passed a child endangerment law to protect child passengers from drunk drivers, they have been slow to create a comprehensive approach to end drunk driving deaths. MADD continues to work diligently with lawmakers on an all-offender ignition interlock law to save lives on the state’s roads. MADD appeals to legislators to take action in the upcoming session to set DUI reform as a priority. We ask that an all-offender ignition interlock law, along with high-visibility enforcement activities, are acted on. RHODE ISLAND Rhode Island continues to lag behind the rest of the nation in enacting an all-offender ignition interlock law. The legislature failed to act on this lifesaving legislation in 2011 through 2013. MADD calls on legislators to protect the public and expand the states DUI reform. The state should legalize sobriety checkpoints and encourage no-refusal enforcement activities. And, above all else the passage of an all-offender ignition interlock law is needed.
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