Does the public support alcohol ignition interlocks?
Country-wide, a majority of the public (65%) supports mandatory alcohol ignition interlock devices for all convicted DUI offenders.[2] Interlock systems will allow offenders to drive anytime and anywhere they want, since the car won’t start if they’ve been drinking. This is a great convenience for offenders and their families, compared with current statutes that severely restrict when and where offenders can drive. In Hawaii, many legislators supported the interlock bill because interlock immediately allows DUI offenders to drive anytime, anywhere they wish, as long as they have not been drinking. Most states, on the other hand, still require periods of no-driving at all, or driving under certain conditions — just as Hawaii does under the current (pre-interlock) law.
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