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INTERLOCKS FOR ALL FIRST-TIME CONVICTED DRUNK DRIVERS
SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS
ALR
CHILD ENDANGERMENT
NO REFUSAL
In 2008, Maine enacted an ignition interlock law but limited its application to repeat offenders only. Maine should improve the interlock law by requiring the devices for all convicted drunk drivers. MADD believes driving drunk with a child passenger in a vehicle is a form of child abuse, and Maine helped make the punishment fit the crime by creating a DUI child endangerment law. MAINE
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INTERLOCKS FOR ALL FIRST-TIME CONVICTED DRUNK DRIVERS
SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS
ALR
CHILD ENDANGERMENT
NO REFUSAL
In 2011, the state’s ignition interlock law improved slightly. The new law requires interlocks for first-time offenders with a blood alcohol concentration of .15 or greater. However, most (53 percent) first-time offenders in the state receive diversion and are unaffected by this requirement. Maryland needs to require all offenders to have interlocks and end diversion practices. MARYLAND
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INTERLOCKS FOR ALL FIRST-TIME CONVICTED DRUNK DRIVERS
SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS
ALR
CHILD ENDANGERMENT
NO REFUSAL
High-visibility law enforcement and enactment of Melanie’s Law requiring interlocks for repeat offenders have helped reduce drunk driving in the state. While Massachusetts has come a long way, more progress is necessary, including passage of pending legislation expanding Melanie’s Law to include first-time convicted drunk drivers. MASSACHUSETTS
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INTERLOCKS FOR ALL FIRST-TIME CONVICTED DRUNK DRIVERS
SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS
ALR
CHILD ENDANGERMENT
NO REFUSAL
Michigan could be doing much more to stop drunk driving. Most drunk driving arrests in the state do not result in convictions, but in lesser charges. The state’s recent reform efforts required ignition interlocks for first-time offenders with a BAC of .17 or greater, referred to as “Super Extreme DUI” offenders. MADD believes that any drunk driving at .08 or above is extreme enough to merit an interlock. In addition, Michigan does not allow law enforcement the option of sobriety checkpoints, proven to save lives, and lacks an ALR law. MICHIGAN
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