Is interlock a fair sanction for first time offenders?
Yes, even convicted offenders think so. A survey of offenders in Albuquerque indicated that 82 percent of offenders think that alcohol ignition interlocks are a fair DWI sanction for convicted offenders.[3] Furthermore, research shows that people arrested for DUI have driven drunk an average of 87 times before being caught.[4] This tells us that many first-time offenders may not really be offending for the first time; it’s just the first time they were arrested.
