OKLAHOMA
4.5 54
STATE SNAPSHOT
WAYS TO IMPROVE
In 2011, Oklahoma enacted a law requiring all first-time drunk drivers to install an interlock in order to drive during a 180-day administrative license revocation. MADD considers this law to be all-offender.
• Make sure the lifesaving 2017 interlock law is implemented and not weakened • Advertise the ignition interlock law during twice yearly federally funded crackdowns on drunk driving (Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over)
OREGON
4.5 2
STATE SNAPSHOT
WAYS TO IMPROVE
Oregon passed a mandatory interlock law in 2007 and closed a loophole in 2011 to require ignition interlocks in DUI diversion agreements - covering about half of all DUI offenders.
• Legalize sobriety checkpoints and ensure they are conducted at least monthly • Make ignition interlocks available to first-time offenders upon arrest • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony • Expedite warrants when a suspected drunk driver refuses an alcohol test • Require an ignition interlock or criminalize refusing an alcohol test
PENNSYLVANIA
4.5 2.
STATE SNAPSHOT
WAYS TO IMPROVE
Pennsylvania passed a law in 2016 that requires ignition interlocks for all drunk drivers with a blood alcohol concentration of .10 and above. This was a significant step for Pennsylvania that will increase the use of ignition interlocks.
• Pass an all-offender ignition interlock law • Enact an administrative license revocation law • Make ignition interlocks available to first-time offenders upon arrest • Enact a law making child endangerment a felony
RHODE ISLAND
4.5 1.
STATE SNAPSHOT
WAYS TO IMPROVE
Rhode Island became the 28th state to pass an all-offender ignition interlock law in 2016.
• Legalize sobriety checkpoints and ensure they are conducted at least monthly • Enact an administrative license revocation 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
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