Monitech
North Carolina's leading Ignition Interlock provider
It’s amazing what a half million dollars can do. It can buy you a month’s rental for a suite at a New York hotel, or an incredibly advanced belt buckle. But when the federal government laid that sum on Raleigh’s police department to combat drunk driving, the police set up a series of very efficient DWI …
In North Carolina DWI is a crime. But if you drink up in Charlotte and then (unwisely) drive down I-85 to Greenville, SC, you’ll be arrested for DUI. What’s the difference? The answer is: sometimes nothing, but sometimes a lot. Different states have different abbreviations for the standard crime of drunk driving. DUI (Driving Under …
Arrests for impaired driving are up in Raleigh, NC. And that is a good thing. The increase in arrests – more than 50 percent – is due to greater vigilance, and not a sudden epidemic of drinking and driving. A federally-funded police unit made more than 2,800 arrests in 2014, more than 1000 more than …
You’ve had a few drinks at a bar in Charlotte, or a party in Greensboro, and now it’s time to go home. You’ve said your goodbyes, and the car keys are in your pocket. Oh, you should call a taxi, since you’ve been drinking, but the car is waiting, and a cab ride would cost …
If someone asked you to look around and try to pick out the stereotypical drunk driver, you’d have a pretty hard time. That’s because there isn’t one. Anyone, from the mom who lives next door to the grandfather who runs the local store, can make the choice to drink and drive. That’s why you’d be …
There are a lot of reasons why drinking and driving is still a problem in the United States, including law enforcement not having the resources to stop all those who get behind the wheel while drunk to lawyers having the time to compile the evidence and push through the paperwork required to prosecute the cases. …
Today’s post comes to us from fellow ignition interlock provider, LifeSafer. ——- Have you ever hit a curb when making a turn, say, out of a driveway? Most of us have at one time or another. Usually we say, “Whoops!” and drive on. But seeing a driver glance off a curb on the way out of a Walmart …
Today’s post comes to us from fellow ignition interlock provider, Lifesafer. Summer is here and with warmer temperatures comes summer parties and long weekends spent out on patios and in backyards. Because alcohol is the drink of choice for many during these hot summer weekends, the summer is among the most deadly times to be …
