Convicted NY Drunk Drivers Need Ignition Interlocks 911
pickens writes "Starting yesterday in New York state, anyone sentenced for felony or misdemeanor DWI, whether a first-time or repeat offender, will have to install an ignition interlock in any vehicle they own or operate. The interlock contains a breath-checking unit that keeps the car from starting if the offender's blood-alcohol level registers 0.025 or higher, a little less than one-third of the legal limit. 'The addition of ignition interlocks will save lives in New York state,' says State Probation Director Robert Maccarone, who led the team that wrote the regulation. 'It's been proven in other states. New Mexico realized a 37 percent reduction in DWI recidivism.' Whether that will be enough to persuade more people to take a cab or find a designated driver is unknown. 'It's one more thing to make people think, it may help — it may keep a few people from getting behind the wheel,' says Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin Walsh."
My experiences show how to reduce BAC. (Score:4, Funny)
I drink and drive all the time. I also drink and shoot on the clay-pigeon range.
SOME of us still hold our liquor and are sane and responsive faster than anyone else. It's about your metabolism: if you do an hundred jumping-jacks after getting drunk, then you'll metabolise the effects out of your body as sweat. I don't trust anyone on the road that can't handle liquor; those are that people we should be worried about. Everyone should drink a beer before entering a car because it calms their nerves and prevents all the kinds of over-reaction driving that you see when big-rigs fishtail out of control and such.
The reason why there are so many laws against Alcoholic beverages is because it all carried-over for when the Irish arrived into America and the governments hated them so-much that they looked for every which-way to tax the most beneficial (when used in moderation) beverages. It's no different than how they're about to ruin the Marijuana industry by legalizing it and taxing it. They would prohibit paper-products if only it earned them more money, but then the French invented the ba'day to remove feces with water. It's constantly a game of taxes where governments look for ways to TAP into sources of money in all the ways of assuring their survival in a world that is lawful without the privileged gangmembers known as government. At-least recently from His-Story books, we can reveal that governments and similar privilege gangs of associated psychopaths are responsible for all the genocides and war.
The more you know...
Ineffective? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:About Time (Score:5, Funny)
Right, next you'll be asking for building and fire codes. I swear, you liberal nanny types are never satisfied!
Re:So you start drinking .. (Score:2, Funny)
Why wouldn't your (sober) friend just drive in that case?
What the thing really needs (Score:4, Funny)
Re:The expense of the interlock... (Score:5, Funny)
Not good enough. What about people with slower than average reaction times? Too young (say, under 35) to have good judgement? To old (over 50, perhaps) to think fast? And worst of all are inexperienced drivers. No one should be allowed behind the wheel until they've logged at least 100 hours behind the wheel.
Re:To Answer Logistic Questions (Score:3, Funny)
This sounds incredibly dangerous
You think so?
please tell me it's not just an instant cutoff with a timer.
Do you really think the designers didn't think of that? Maybe they could hire you as a consultant for $1000 and hour...
Re:Wait... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wait... (Score:5, Funny)
I don't think too many states outclass Alaska when it comes to drunks!