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North Carolina's leading Ignition Interlock provider
If you’re ordered to install an ignition interlock in your vehicle, there’s a good reason for that: the courts and the public want reassurance that you won’t drive again while impaired. And we’ll assume you’re a responsible driver who won’t have any more violations. But you’ll still have the problem of explaining to your friends …
It’s a parent’s nightmare: a school bus driver has been drinking. It happened in Cherokee County, North Carolina recently. Fortunately, no one was hurt when the school bus got stuck at an intersection. The driver was spotted, tested, and arrested after he failed a sobriety test. Seven children were aboard. There is a special kind of …
Many traffic laws are passed out of an urgent need to improve public safety, and we’re often impatient to see results. But it takes time to prove the effects of such laws. So it has been with ignition interlock laws. An ignition interlock, or car breathalyzer, prevents a vehicle from starting if the driver has …
Today’s article contribution comes to us from the Law Office of Aaron Black, PLLC Police officers in Phoenix, Arizona look for approximately 20 signs for impaired driving in Phoenix, in addition to many other civil driving infractions when patrolling for drunk drivers. In order for the police to stop you they need to see a …
If you’re new to the world of the ignition interlock – if you’ve recently had one installed in your vehicle, or have received an order to install one – you might be nervous about the outcome of your program. You might have even heard that it’s possible to make a mistake that can get your program …
Repeat DWI offenders are scary people. Once arrested, fined, and even jailed, they get back on the road despite the alcohol in their veins, and as a result they become extremely dangerous. Like many states, North Carolina has a repeat DWI problem that it hasn’t fully addressed. Each year alcohol takes the lives of around …
It’s not easy being the parent of a teen. Every day can be a battle of wills, and your concern for their safety isn’t always appreciated. And when they drive, your worries multiply. Teens take risks: they speed, they are easily distracted, and too often they drink and drive. Some parents have found a way …
If your vehicle has an ignition interlock – a device that prevents a vehicle from starting if you have been drinking – then you know that you need to blow more than one test to drive from A to B. Ignition interlock breath tests are part of the drill. If you don’t have one, you …
