1. MADD Director of State Government Affairs
Ignition Interlocks
Frank Harris
MADD Director of State Government Affairs

2. Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving
Launched in 2006 as a response to stagnate drunk driving fatality numbers
MADD Created a blueprint for the nation to Eliminate Drunk Driving in America consisting of three components
Support for Law Enforcement and High Visibility Law Enforcement Efforts
All-Offender Ignition Interlock Laws
Support for Advanced Alcohol Detection Technology
©2011 Mothers Against Drunk Driving

3. What is an all-offender ignition interlock law?
An all-offender ignition interlock law require or highly incentivize the use of ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers, including all first-time offenders with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) or .08 or greater. These laws typically require convicted drunk drivers to use an interlock if the offender seeks driving privileges during a license suspension or as a condition of license reinstatement.
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4. Why All Offender Ignition Interlock Laws?
Drunk Driving still accounts for one-third of ALL U.S. traffic fatalities (10,265 in 2015, NHTSA)
15 percent reduction in DUI deaths (Kaufman, Wiebe, 2016)
50-75 percent of all convicted drunk drivers will continue to drive on a suspended license.
Average drunk driver drives 80 times drunk before arrest.
Over 15 peer reviewed studies, including the Centers for Disease Control, recommends Ignition Interlocks for all convicted Drunk Drivers.
CDC study showed 70 percent of the public supports all offender interlock laws
Ignition Interlocks reduce DUI recidivism by 67 percent
©2011 Mothers Against Drunk Driving

5. Currently in the States
28 states plus DC with an all offender ignition interlock law.
Alabama, Mississippi, Delaware, and New Hampshire passed in Texas passed in Maryland, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Washington DC passed this year.
13 states are .15 BAC or above. South Carolina passed in Kentucky in 2015.
All states now use interlocks in one form or another (5 did not in 2006)
As of August 2015, 328,000 interlocks installed nationwide (8,600 in Missouri, up from 3,020 in 2007).
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10. Congressional Approval of Interlocks
MAP-21 & FAST Act (Highway Reauthorization Bill)
Congress and the Administration have now fully endorsed the use of ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers
Incentive grant program for states that pass all offender interlock laws. Pot is $17.3 million that DOT can divide up between states
Exemptions included in FAST Act for employers, medical, and rural.
Ignition interlock programs are eligible for 405 funding
Section 164, federal repeat DUI offender program, was changed to allow states discretion in implementing their interlock program
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11. 2016 Ignition Interlock Report
Released in February
Compiled data from over 10 ignition interlock companies
Made recommendations to strengthen interlock laws
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12. Key Report Findings & Recommendations
1.77 million drunk driving trips prevented because of ignition interlocks
12.7 million drinking and driving trips prevented because of ignition interlocks
Recommendations
Circumvention Laws
Indigent Fund
Interlocks for First Time Refusals
Interlocks Upon Arrest
Compliance Based Removal
Other Recommendations
Monitoring Interlock Users
Administrative Component
Educating the Public
©2011 Mothers Against Drunk Driving

13. Nature of the first time offender
Likely to have driven drunk before. The average first offender will have driven with an illegal BAC 80 times before s/he is caught (CDC 2011).
Likely to drive drunk again. First offender patterns of recidivism closely parallel those of repeat offenders (Rauch, 2002; Jones, 2000)
Likely to have issues with alcohol. A study of over 1200 first offenders found that 82 percent were problem drinkers or alcoholics (Rauch, 2005). A study looking at the APA guidelines found over 70 percent of DUI offenders have alcohol abuse problems (Wieczorek et al, 1992).
©2011 Mothers Against Drunk Driving

14. Do mandatory interlock laws target social drinkers?
No. This chart from the CDC shows that for a 160 pound man to reach a .08 BAC, they must drink four drinks. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) notes that to get to a .08 BAC, men must typically consume 5 or more drinks, and women must typically consume 4 or more drinks, in about 2 hours.
©2012 Mothers Against Drunk Driving

15. Interlocks more effective than license suspension
Likely to drive on their suspended license. 50 to 75 percent of those whose licenses are suspended continue to drive (Nichols and Ross, 1992; Peck et al, 1995)
License suspension without interlock does not work in protecting the public
Florida: in 2010, there were 21,576 arrests for those who had a suspended/revoked license as a result of a previous DUI.
California: in 2009, there were 43,598 convictions for driving on a DUI suspended license (25.5% of total).
Data on arrests/convictions for driving on a DUI suspended license?
©2012 Mothers Against Drunk Driving

16. Challenges to implementation

17. Interlocks: fact versus fiction
Data Overwhelm: monitoring of interlocked offenders?
Costs to probation, state and local agencies?
Studies show recidivism of interlocked offenders similar to non interlocked offenders once device removed?
Interlocked offenders at greater crash risk compared to non-interlocked offenders?
Hoops: License suspension prior to interlock order needed to punish offender? Route restricted licenses?
Loopholes: Offender who does not have a car? Waits out interlock order? One car family? Buys a clunker? Transfers ownership? Non driver blows? Costs to indigent offender? Regulating interlock companies? False positives?

18. Drunk Driving deaths USA 2005 to 2015
Overall traffic deaths have decreased by percent.
Drunk driving deaths have decreased by percent.
Source: NHTSA,
Dr. Richard Roth, TIRF USA
©2011 Mothers Against Drunk Driving

19. Drunk Driving deaths in Missouri
DWI deaths down percent, interlock installations up 185 percent
Source: NHTSA,
Dr. Richard Roth, TIRF USA
©2011 Mothers Against Drunk Driving

20. Drunk Driving deaths per 100 million VMT
Overall traffic deaths per 100 million VMT decreased by percent
Drunk driving deaths per 100 million VMT decreased by percent
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21. Drunk Driving deaths per 100 million VMT in Missouri
Red: National Average VMT Deaths, Black is Missouri. DWI deaths have decreased dramatically by 49% since 2005 in Missouri per 100 million VMT
Source: NHTSA
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22. Drunk driving arrests, convictions, and IID installs
Source: NHTSA, FBI, Dr. Richard Roth, TIRF USA
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23. Missouri drunk driving arrests, interlock installs
Source: NHTSA, FBI, Dr. Richard Roth, TIRF USA
©2011 Mothers Against Drunk Driving

24. Director of State Government Affairs frank.harris@madd.org
Questions?
Thank You
Frank Harris
Director of State Government Affairs