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CALIFORNIA LAUNCHES NEW PILOT PROGRAM INCREASING USE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES IN SELECT COUNTIES ? CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE SECTION 23700

By Walin & Klarich

Starting July 1, 2010, a new law requires anyone convicted of DUI in Los Angeles County and three other counties, even first-time offenders, to install an ignition interlock device (IID) in his or her vehicle. (California Vehicle Code section 23700(a)(7).) IIDs require the driver to blow into a device before the vehicle?s ignition will start. If the IID determines that the driver?s blood alcohol content is above a certain threshold, the vehicle will not start. The purpose of the IID is to prevent previous DUI offenders whose blood alcohol content is above the threshold from driving. Prior to the new law (and what is still the existing law in the non-pilot program counties), a California court had the discretion to require an IID for a first-time DUI offenders if his or her blood alcohol content was over ...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on August 02, 2010 (boomark / email).