What if they Hook up and Air Compressor or Balloon, or Wire Around the Interlock?
The Lifesafer SC100 and FC100, which are the interlock models used by Evergreen, have built-in safeguards in the event the drinker attempts to thwart the system. State regulations mandate that interlocks must provide for bogus air detection. Our units require clients to make a humming sound while blowing or the test is not accepted. This is registered on the chip as an “Abort”. Excessive aborts cause the vehicle to go into temporary lockout mode; a drinker trying to get home by aborting tests instead of taking them will be thwarted. Other interlock companies, by state regulations, should use bogus air detection methods. Always check with an interlock provider to make sure that their method is TURNED ON. If the drinker wires around the interlock in order to circumvent it and illegally starts the vehicle, this event is recorded on the chip as a “Start Violation.” The interlock will still operate and ask for tests. If the drinker refuses to test, it registers a “Retest Violation” on the c
