State Overview
NEW YORK
4.5 3.
STATE SNAPSHOT
WAYS TO IMPROVE
• Expedite warrants for suspected drunk drivers who refuse an alcohol test • Require ignition interlocks or criminalize refusing an alcohol test
New York’s Leandra’s Law is a model child endangerment law, making it a felony offense to drive drunk with a child passenger. MADD hopes lawmakers make in improvement in 2020 to the interlock law as lawmakers have failed to act to improve the drunk driving law since 2013.
NORTH CAROLINA
4.5 3
• Pass an all-offender ignition interlock law with compliance-based removal • Make ignition interlocks available to first offenders upon arrest • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony
North Carolina has not made an improvement to the drunk driving law since 2007 when it enacted legislation mandating interlock for first-time offenders with a BAC of .15 or greater. The time has come for the state to join the 34 others that mandate these devices for all drunk drivers.
NORTH DAKOTA
4.5 2.
• Pass an all-offender ignition interlock law with compliance-based removal • Conduct sobriety checkpoints at least monthly • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony
North Dakota needs to take action to address all first-time convicted drunk drivers, not just repeat offenders.
OHIO
4.5 2.
• Pass an all-offender ignition interlock law • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony • Require ignition interlocks or criminalize refusing an alcohol test
Ohio passed Annie’s Law in 2016, expanding incentives for drunk driving offenders to choose an interlock in exchange for a reduction in their license suspension period.
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