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Governor Paterson (D) of New York state has submitted a bill that would toughen laws for drinking and driving with a child 16 or under as a passenger. The new proposed law is called the Child Passenger Protection Act. It will be considered in the fall when the New York Senate and House reconvene.
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Missouri Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) signed a new law that went into effect on July 1st that requires repeat DWI offenders to install breathalyzer devices on their vehicles. To start the car, you have to blow into the device and register less than a .02 BAC or the car will not start. It also requires [...]

Readers of this blog have reported incidents where the ignition interlock device has led to almost deadly consequences. One incident involved a car that stalled out in the middle of an intersection on a rainy day. The driver was almost hit twice by cars coming from the cross street. He was blowing in the device, trying to [...]

Several states have enacted additional laws designed to make it tougher to drink and drive. Starting January 1, 2009, Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Nebraska and Washington have made it mandatory for first time DWI offenders to install an ignition interlock device that prevents you from operating a vehicle without first blowing into a device that determines if you [...]