NEVADA
4.5 4.
STATE SNAPSHOT
WAYS TO IMPROVE
• Enact a law making child endangerment a felony
In 2017, Nevada became the 30th state to enact an all-offender interlock law.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
4.5 3
• Enact a law making child endangerment a felony • Expedite warrants for refusing an alcohol test and require ignition interlocks or criminalize refusals
New Hampshire improved its DUI law in 2014 to become the 23rd state to enact legislation to require ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers.
NEW JERSEY
4.5 3
• Enact administrative license revocation • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony
After more than 11 years of efforts by MADD, New Jersey became the 34th state to enact an all-offender interlock in 2019.
NEW MEXICO
4.5 3
• Add compliance-based removal to existing 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
New Mexico is reaping the benefits of passing an ignition interlock law in 2005. Drunk driving deaths have decreased by 31 percent. In 2019, the state enacted became the 48th state to enact a drunk drivintg child endangerment law.
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