By 2006, MADD had successfully advocated for .08 BAC laws and hundreds of other proven policies and countermeasures designed to reduce drunk driving fatalities and injuries. However, drunk driving was still too common, killing 13,500 people a year in 2006. Additionally, the percentage of drunk driving deaths to overall traffic deaths remained at the same level since 1995. To renew the call to stop drunk driving, in 2006 MADD launched a Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving. Since then, MADD has pushed state legislatures to require the use of ignition interlocks for every apprehended drunk driver. The Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving and Ignition Interlocks
Why the Push for Interlocks for Drunk Drivers?
Even with increased penalties, drunk driving has continued to be a national public health crisis. To complement existing anti-drunk driving countermeasures such as high-visibility law enforcement activities, MADD pursued a data-driven technological approach that is proven to stop drinking and driving. Research shows that interlocks are reliable, and that they effectively change behavior and save lives. Ignition interlocks accomplish what license suspension simply cannot— to separate drinking and driving and allow an apprehended drunk driver to continue daily activities, while not posing a serious safety risk to the motoring public.
Ignition Interlock Report 5
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