The holiday season is a deadly time on America's roadways. Experts report that nearly 1,500 people were killed in crashes involving a drunk driver from Thanksgiving 2007 through New Year's Day. An estimated 2 million drunk drivers with three or more convictions will be on our roadways this holiday season. MADD is ramping up its call for every state to introduce interlock laws that cover all convicted drunk drivers including those facing their first convictions – as Washington state did in 2007. NAMIC reports:
An alcohol ignition interlock is a breath test device linked to a vehicle's ignition system. When a convicted drunk driver starts his or her vehicle, he or she must first blow into the device. The vehicle will not start if the driver is violating probation by having alcohol in his or her system. If interlocks were required for all convicted drunk drivers in the United States, thousands of lives could be saved each year.
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