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INTERLOCKS FOR ALL FIRST-TIME CONVICTED DRUNK DRIVERS
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Minnesota recently increased the use of ignition interlocks by making it an option for all convicted drunk drivers. However, despite their initia- tive in conducting a pilot program, the state has yet to take the next step of making interlocks mandatory for all convicted drunk drivers. In ad- dition, the state currently limits law enforcement’s power to stop drunk driving and protect the public by failing to allow sobriety checkpoints. Minnesota should encourage more no-refusal law enforcement activities to help hold drunk driving offenders accountable. MINNESOTA
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Lawmakers have blocked progress to stop drunk driving by halting DUI child endangerment and all-offender ignition interlock legislation. As a result, law enforcement and prosecutors do not have all the resources needed to stop drunk driving in the state. Mississippi should enact legisla- tion requiring ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers and make the punishment fit the crime for those who drive drunk with a child in a vehicle. MISSISSIPPI
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INTERLOCKS FOR ALL FIRST-TIME CONVICTED DRUNK DRIVERS
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Expanded use of ignition interlocks for repeat offenders and high-visibility law enforcement efforts have helped decrease drunk driving deaths in the state by more than 20 percent since the Campaign began. Missouri can make even more progress by requiring interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers and by adding extra penalties for those who drive drunk with a child passenger in the vehicle. MISSOURI
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INTERLOCKS FOR ALL FIRST-TIME CONVICTED DRUNK DRIVERS
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NO REFUSAL
Montana has nibbled around the edges of drunk driving reform by passing measures that toughen penalties for repeat offenders. Now, more attention must be paid to first-time offenders. The legislature should focus on the entire drunk driving problem, including first-time convicted drunk drivers, in order to save lives, especially in light of the state’s high fatality rate. Law enforcement should also be given more tools to stop drunk driving, including the use of sobriety checkpoints and no-refusal crackdown activities. MONTANA
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