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North Carolina's leading Ignition Interlock provider
A new bill in the North Carolina Senate would save lives, if the legislature acts to pass it. SB 619 would require all drunk driving offenders to install ignition interlocks in their vehicles. An ignition interlock, or car breathalyzer, prevents a vehicle from starting if the driver has been drinking. Currently, North Carolina requires interlock …
Although all 50 states have some sort of ignition interlock program, only 15 states require that anyone convicted of any level of DWI have an ignition interlock installed in their vehicle. North Carolina is not one of those 15 states. But everything may be changing. Two weeks ago, Representative Nita Lowey of New York presented a federal …
Today’s post comes to us from fellow ignition interlock provider Lifesafer. Summer is fast approaching, and statistics show that when the weather turns warm there are more drunk drivers on the road. Although there are strict penalties in place for drinking drivers who are arrested with children under the age of 16 in the their …
This past Saturday, hundreds came out to Dorthea Dix Park in Raleigh, NC to Walk Like MADD, an annual 5k fundraiser hosted by Mothers Against Drunk Driving chapters across the country. This probably goes without saying, but although everyone who walked or ran did so to support MADD’s fight against drunk driving, many walked for …
