MARYLAND
4.5 4.
STATE SNAPSHOT
WAYS TO IMPROVE
• Enact a law making child endangerment a felony • Require interlocks in all PBJ plea agreements or reductions in drunk driving charges
Maryland passed an all-offender ignition interlock law, “Noah’s Law” in 2016. Although drunk driving deaths are down 23 percent since the implementation of the law, a huge loophole exists in the drunk driving law, which allows every first-time offender to avoid an interlock by entering into a plea agreement. MADD is working with lawmakers in 2020 to advance legislation mandating the use of interlocks for any plea agreement.
MASSACHUSETTS
4.5 2
• Pass an all-offender ignition interlock law • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony • Expedite warrants for suspected drunk drivers who refuse an alcohol test • Require ignition interlocks or criminalize refusing an alcohol test
Melanie’s Law to require ignition interlocks for all repeat convicted offenders in Massachusetts went into effect in 2006. The state would see a greater decline in drunk driving fatalities as soon as this law is expanded to include first-time convicted drunk drivers at a .08 BAC or greater.
MICHIGAN
4.5 1
• Pass an all-offender ignition interlock law • Legalize sobriety checkpoints and ensure they are conducted at least monthly • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony • Expedite warrants for suspected drunk drivers who refuse an alcohol test • Enact administrative license revocation
Michigan is one of the lowest rated states for its drunk driving laws. Michigan lawmakers have failed to act on improving the drunk driving law in over a decade. MADD calls on lawmakers to enact drunk driving reform mandating interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers.
MINNESOTA
4.5 2.
• Pass an all-offender ignition interlock law • Legalize sobriety checkpoints and ensure they are conducted at least monthly • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony • Expedite warrants for suspected drunk drivers who refuse an alcohol test
Minnesota must strengthen the current drunk driving laws to require ignition interlocks for all convicted offenders with a BAC of .08 or greater and allow for sobriety checkpoints. MADD encourages lawmakers to act accordingly to protect the residents of Minnesota from drunk drivers.
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