CALIFORNIA
4.5 3
STATE SNAPSHOT
WAYS TO IMPROVE
• Pass an all-offender ignition interlock law • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony • Require ignition interlocks for refusals
In 2019, California launched a multi-year pilot program mandating interlocks for repeat offenders, while making the devices optional for first-time offenders. MADD is working hard in 2020 to ensure California joins 34 other states that require an interlock for all convicted drunk drivers.
COLORADO
4.5 4.
• Enact a law making child endangerment a felony
Colorado has been successful in reducing drunk driving fatalities. The state highly incentivizes the use of ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers by allowing a shorter license suspension period for those who elect to go on an interlock immediately following a drunk driving conviction. MADD applauds Colorado on its continued efforts to keep the roads safe and protect the public from drunk drivers.
CONNECTICUT
4.5 4
• Pass laws that allow for expedited warrants for suspected drunk driving offenders who refuse a test • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony
Connecticut passed legislation in 2014 that greatly improved the state’s all-offender ignition interlock law. In 2016, Connecticut passed a child endangerment law, adding penalties for driving drunk with a child passenger.
DELAWARE
4.5 4.
• Enact a law making child endangerment a felony
Delaware enacted an all-offender ignition interlock law in 2014 making it the 24th state to do so. Since the law went into effect, drunk driving deaths decreased 46 percent! Nationally, drunk driving deaths increased by over 5 percent during this same time.
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