State Overview
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
4.5 3.
STATE SNAPSHOT
WAYS TO IMPROVE
• Enact a law making child endangerment a felony • Pass laws that allow for expedited warrants for suspected drunk driving offenders who refuse a test and require ignition interlocks
Washington, DC passed an all-offender ignition interlock law in 2016. The law is nearly four years old and the District of Columbia still has not fully implemented this lifesaving law. MADD calls on the District to do more to stop drunk driving.
FLORIDA
4.5 2.
• Pass an all-offender ignition interlock law • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony • Pass a law requiring ignition interlocks or criminalizing refusal to submit to an alcohol test
Florida requires interlocks for first-time convicted drunk drivers with a BAC of .15 or greater since 2008. MADD is working hard in 2020 to ensure that all first-time drunk drivers use an interlock in Florida.
GEORGIA
4.5 2.
• Pass an all-offender ignition interlock law with compliance-based removal • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony • Pass a law requiring ignition interlocks or criminalizing refusal to submit to an alcohol test
Georgia updated its ignition interlock law in 2016 for the first time in 16 years, adding ignition interlocks as an option for first-time drunk driving offenders. Ignition interlocks continue to be required for repeat convicted drunk drivers.
HAWAII
4.5 3.
• Add a compliance-based removal requirement to the all-offender ignition interlock law • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony • Expedite warrants for suspected drunk drivers who refuse an alcohol test
Hawaii continues to be on the path to eliminating drunk driving. Since passing its ignition interlock law for all first-time convicted drunk drivers in 2011, the state has seen an increase in the number of interlocks installed. Due in part to the state’s 2011 interlock law, drunk driving deaths have dropped by 18 percent.
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