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Ignition Interlocks: Is the Media Finally Getting It?

By Lawrence Taylor

As most of you know, MADD has focused on ignition interlock devices (IIDs) as the answer to the drunk driving problem in America.  The organization has even widely trumpted the device as the way to "literally wipe out drunk driving in the United States".  MADD Announces End to Drunk Driving: A Reply.  But there appears to be a growing recognition that the Empress is wearing no clothes…    DUI Penalty Should Fit Facts, Not Beliefs Greenwood, MS.  Jan. 25 – Mothers Against Drunk Driving has done much over the years to reduce the incidence of drunk driving and the terrible consequences that can come from it… The group, though, has hit somewhat of a plateau. For at least a decade, the numbers have hardly budged...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on February 05, 2009 (boomark / email).