Monitech
North Carolina's leading Ignition Interlock provider
Some bad news from the CDC. We all know that teens drink, whether parents allow them to or not. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that more than half – about 58 percent – of high school students who drink are binge drinkers. One one level, it’s an obvious …
Too much cold medicine? That was the excuse that a driver gave the police after being arrested last week in Mesa, Arizona. Spotted by a DPS trooper going the wrong way on U.S. 60, Trent Walker turned around and kept on driving until troopers surrounded and arrested him. The suspect claimed to have taken too …
It isn’t hard having an alcohol-detecting device in your car. But you do need to be aware of it. Because an ignition interlock fuel cell looks for the molecular signature of alcohol, which is common to many substances, you’re liable to set it off accidentally. When the device was installed you were probably advised to …
If you want to end drunk driving in North Carolina, the first steps you can take are literally that – steps. The Raleigh Walk Like MADD and MADD Dash 2017, which will take place this Saturday, is an event to raise funds for and awareness of drunk driving issues. Their annual walk is a chance for …
If you read the news across the country, it’s clear that the jury’s in regarding ignition interlocks: they work to reduce alcohol-related road deaths. More and more states are mandating the devices for all drunk drivers, including first offenders. Other states are tightening up their laws and regulations so the devices are used more effectively. …
Over the past two decades ignition interlocks have emerged as the most important anti-drunk driving technology yet developed. The car breathalyzer devices prevent a vehicle from starting if the driver has been drinking. Usually they are ordered to be installed on a North Carolina DWI offender’s vehicle by the court or a DMV. When installed …
Ignition interlocks have one purpose – to keep a driver from starting a vehicle if he or she has been drinking. And the devices do that well. Sometimes they appear to do it too well: the devices do such a good job detecting alcohol that they register a fail for reasons other than drinking – …
You’re driving back from a restaurant after a sumptuous meal. A police officer pulls you over – maybe you forgot to signal, or maybe it’s the proverbial broken taillight. Just then you remember that, while you didn’t drink, you had a dish smothered in wine sauce. Do you need to fear the breathalyzer? The answer …
