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Ignition Interlocks Coming?as Standard Equipment

By Lawrence Taylor

I’ve commented in the past about MADD’s love affair with ignition interlock devices (IIDs) — what the National President of MADD has characterized as the way to "literally wipe out drunk driving in the United States".  See New MADD Goal: All Cars Equipped with Breathalyzers.  And I’ve posted news stories about the automobile manufacturers gearing up to install these costly and ineffective mini-breathalyzers as standard equipment in all vehicles.  See All U.S. Cars to Have Ignition Interlock Devices?.  Not surprisingly, it turns out that three of MADD’s six most generous contributors are Generals Motors, Ford and Toyota.  See  Breathalyzers Soon Mandatory for All Cars, Toyota Announces DUI-Proof Cars and The Car in Your Future (Nissan)...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on April 09, 2009 (boomark / email).