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Eliminating Drunk Driving for Good - WGBA-TV
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 22:56:51 GMT

Eliminating Drunk Driving for Good
WGBA-TV
What if there was a way to prevent drunk driving entirely? New technology could make that a reality. Ignition Interlock Devices are meant to prevent driving drunk. Last year in Wisconsin, more than 65-hundred IIDs were installed.

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House votes to criminalize DUI test refusals - Kansas.com (blog)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 21:45:18 GMT

House votes to criminalize DUI test refusals
Kansas.com (blog)
TOPEKA – After a lengthy discussion of constitutional rights, the House has approved a bill that makes it a crime for suspected repeat offenders to refuse a drunk-driving test. The same bill would also allow first-time DUI offenders and those whose ...

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Space Age Alcohol Detection System Funded in 2012 Transportation Bill - DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 08:44:06 GMT

Space Age Alcohol Detection System Funded in 2012 Transportation Bill
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
May 18, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Most drivers are aware that a DUI conviction can lead to the installation of an ignition interlock device in their vehicle. An ignition interlock, of course, will not allow a vehicle to start unless the driver ...

Ignition Interlock Device: Effective tool or dangerous device? - Today's TMJ4
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 22:37:53 GMT

Ignition Interlock Device: Effective tool or dangerous device?
Today's TMJ4
By Erik Bilstad MILWAUKEE - Ignition Interlock Devices are meant to make Wisconsin roads safer, but some claim the devices are posing more dangers. In Wisconsin, IIDs must be installed in every vehicle owned by a repeat drunk driver.

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Leawood woman sentenced in Westport DUI incident - Kansas City Star
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 21:00:22 GMT

Leawood woman sentenced in Westport DUI incident
Kansas City Star
... Brewer to complete substance abuse and alcohol monitoring programs, use an ignition interlock device on any vehicle she operates, avoid businesses where alcohol is a major sale item and counsel students on the consequences of driving while drunk.

Suspended Schenectady cop pleads guilty to DWI - Schenectady Gazette
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 14:51:06 GMT

Suspended Schenectady cop pleads guilty to DWI
Schenectady Gazette
The plea includes no probation time for the first-time drunk driving offender, but it does carry a one-year revocation of his driver's license and the requirement that he install an ignition interlock device on any car he has access to for one year.

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NBC29 Safety Report: New DUI Technology Debate - NBC 29 News
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 21:51:12 GMT

NBC29 Safety Report: New DUI Technology Debate
NBC 29 News
Thousands of convicted drunk drivers will soon have to prove they're sober every time they get behind the wheel in Virginia, but some attorneys argue the new law unfairly punishes the poor. The ignition interlock law goes into effect July 1.

Manitoba gets tougher on drunk driving - Winnipeg Free Press
Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 08:21:14 GMT

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Manitoba gets tougher on drunk driving
Winnipeg Free Press
ALL first-time impaired drivers will need to use an ignition interlock -- blowing into a device to start their car -- under new legislation introduced Monday by Attorney General Andrew Swan. "We've said it before and we'll keep saying it until it ...
Manitoba bill proposes tougher drunk-driving penaltiesUpdated News
MADD Canada Supports Amendments Proposed by the ProvinceMarketwire (press release)
Manitoba government tables bill with new consequences for impaired drivingCTV.ca

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Teens Against Drunk Driving (T.A.D.D.) Becomes a Recognized, 501c3 Charity - Midland Daily News
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 10:30:31 GMT

Teens Against Drunk Driving (T.A.D.D.) Becomes a Recognized, 501c3 Charity
Midland Daily News
Together with other organizations, TADD led the way in the development of a first time offender, BAIID (Breath Alcohol Ignition Interlock Device) law in Illinois. Any first-time DUI offender who wishes to obtain and is eligible for driving relief ...

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Manitoba bill proposes tougher drunk-driving penalties - CBC.ca
Date: Mon, 07 May 2012 20:04:45 GMT

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Manitoba bill proposes tougher drunk-driving penalties
CBC.ca
If it passes, the NDP government's bill would make it mandatory for those convicted for the first time of impaired driving to use ignition interlock systems. Ignition interlock devices are wired directly into a vehicle's ignition system and use ...
More convicted drunk drivers will get interlocksWinnipeg Sun

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