Monitech
North Carolina's leading Ignition Interlock provider
Motor vehicle laws are state laws, so if you have an ignition interlock in your vehicle, it’s because a state court or DMV ordered it. If you’re leaving that state and moving to Arizona, you might be wondering if you can ditch your ignition interlock and start over. The answer is no. You’ll have to …
If the wheels of justice turn slowly, you’d be excused for thinking that the wheels of legislation are parked with the engine off, at least when looking at how some states advance their anti-drunk driving laws. It’s been a long battle to get states to recognize that certain measures work and are ready to be …
An ignition interlock has one job, which it does well: preventing your vehicle from starting if you have been drinking. So if you have had a beer or a few, you can’t risk taking your car out for a spin until you are sure that most of the alcohol is out of your system and you’re in …
If you are convicted of drunk driving in Arizona, you’ll be installing an ignition interlock in your vehicle. An ignition interlock, or car breathalyzer, prevents you from starting a vehicle if you have been drinking. You’ll need an ignition interlock in Arizona for any drunk driving offense, including a first offense. But what if you have …
If you’re like most DWI offenders in North Carolina, you just want the whole ordeal to be over and done with. There have been – or will be – fines to pay, an alcohol or drug assessment, and a suspension to comply with. And if your blood alcohol level was .15 or higher, or you …
Certain DUI offenses require you to have an ignition interlock on your vehicle. Those offenses don’t require you to stay in Arizona, however. Since motor vehicle laws are state laws, you might think that you can ditch your ignition interlock if you move out of Arizona. That is not the case, however. You must keep …
You’ve been arrested, breathalyzed, booked and possibly even convicted of DWI. Things look pretty bad, and now the prospect of an ignition interlock is already looming. An ignition interlock, or car breathalyzer, is a device that prevents a vehicle from starting if the driver has been drinking. The device might be the result of a …
A fatal crash in Raleigh has raised a question about public safety: if a location is particularly treacherous for drunk drivers, is the government obliged to erect safeguards? Tough call. On the one hand, the government is responsible for making roads and streets safe. On the other hand, drivers should not be drinking, and one …
