State Overview
WEST VIRGINIA
4.5 4.
STATE SNAPSHOT
WAYS TO IMPROVE
• Enact a law making child endangerment a felony
West Virginia is on the path to eliminate drunk driving and one of the highest rated states for its laws. MADD applauds this state for its continued efforts to keep roads safe. Since the lifesaving interlock law was implemented in 2008, drunk driving deaths are down an astonishing 60 percent!
WISCONSIN
4.5 2
• Pass an all-offender ignition interlock law with compliance-based removal • Legalize sobriety checkpoints and ensure they are conducted at least monthly • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony
Lawmakers should be applauded for taking action in 2019 to increase incarceration for those who kill someone in a drunk driving crash. Lawmakers need to do much more including legalizing sobriety checkpoints, requiring interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers, and making any drunk driving offense a criminal misdemeanor like in 49 other states.
WYOMING
4.5 1.
• Pass an all-offender ignition interlock law with compliance-based removal • Legalize sobriety checkpoints and ensure they are conducted at least monthly • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony • Pass laws that allow for expedited warrants for suspected drunk driving offenders who refuse a test
In 2009, the state made improvements to its DUI law by requiring ignition interlocks for first-time convicted drunk drivers with a BAC of .15 or greater.
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