Alcohol Ignition Interlock Devices – Soon To Be a Requirement For All DWI Vehicles.

11 States set out to pioneer a  mandatory law that would require all 1st time alcohol offenders to prove their sobriety before they can start their engines. The plan proposes the installation of a device – Alcohol Ignition interlocks., which blocks a vehicles engine if alcohol is detected on the drivers breath.

Starting this fall The Federal Transportation Funding Bill could be up for debate by congress. It is the hope of these 11 states that Mandatory Alcohol Ingition Interlocks be part that debate., requireing all 50 states toinstall these devices for ayone convicted of drunk driving, states that do not comply risk loosing federal highway money.

To date 47 states have some form of the interlock ingition law in place for at least some offenders. However, Alabama, South Dakota, and Vermont have no Such Laws.