Miscellaneous

What Dissuades a DUI Offender Most?

By Anne Skove, Esq.

It's a constant battle, waged by moms, NHTSA, law enforcement, and the community to separate drunk drivers from their vehicles.

The most obvious way to do this is to keep them from using said vehicles. One way to do this is to install an ignition-interlock device. At least one judge swears by it; see Baby, You Can't Drive Your Car, LaDoris Cordell, Slate (September 22, 2009). But see the comments (some from wary judges) to the article.

What works? Maybe a little bit of everything. Fines, ignition-interlock, jail time -- in the words of Young MC, Got no money, got no car, got no woman and there you are!

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on September 27, 2009 (boomark / email).